Volume 32, Issue 4 - Aug. 13, 2009

A3 • August 13, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN

NEWS

“We are a nation of idiots who wait until we are sick to do anything for ourselves, who habitually vote for people and policies that make us bankrupt, ill and scared... ” - JIMMY BRALEY IN INSIGHT ON A8

CAITLIN GIBBONS • NEWS EDITOR • cgibbon4@mscd.edu

ACADEMIC DATES AND DEADLINES 8.14 • Tuition Payment Deadline 8.17 • Fall 2009 Classes Begin 8.23 • Last Day to Drop Full-Semester Classes with 100% Refund 8.24 • Petitions for In-State Residency Due 8.26 • Last Day to be Placed on a Wait List 9.1 • Last Day to Drop and Have Classes Deleted from Academic Records, with 50% Refund (Full Semester Classes) Construction throughout the developing Science Building continues to progress. One feature of the new addition includes a greenhouse.

Photo by Ryan Martin • martirya@mscd.edu

Science Building nears completion Administration and faculty get ready for relocation phase

By Ben Wiebesiek wiebesib@mscd.edu Construction of the Science Building addition on Auraria Campus is running on-schedule and on-budget less than two years after a budget crisis at the state capital jeopardized the entire project and sent Governor Ritter and Colorado legislators scrambling to secure funding.

The four-story building, located just off Speer Boulevard at the North end of Auraria Campus, will add 197,000 square feet of classroom, research, and lab space to the 142,000 square feet of the existing Science Building and will be utilized by Metro State, the Community College of Denver, and the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Science Center.

The Science Building addition will have several new features that the existing Science Building lacks such as improved ventilation systems, an additional roof-top green house and a research animal care suite on the basement level.

Funding for the project came into question during a March 20, 2008

meeting of Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee which approved a redirection of funds for the Science Building to smaller projects across the state in response to the worsening economic situation locally and across the nation.

Construction of the addition began just months before the Joint Budget Committee decision and the building site was described as “a giant hole in the ground” by the Rocky Mountain News.

Within a week, Governor Ritter had crafted a plan together with the state treasurer and members of Colorado’s House and Senate to reestablish the financial footing for the Auraria project using a combination of funding from state issued certificates of participation and money collected from the sale of federal mineral leases to private companies drilling for oil and natural gas in Colorado.

The prompt response from interested parties within local politics and education saved the project from financial limbo and allowed construction to proceed from the initial snap-shot of an empty hole in the ground to a stateof-the-art facility designed to exceed US Green Building Council standards in energy saving, water efficiency, and carbon dioxide emissions reduction.

If current construction remains on schedule, the Science Building ad-

dition will be open for students and faculty-directed research for the spring 2010 semester.

But for Metro, the real logistics have just begun. During the fall, several science departments will begin the complicated work of moving lab facilities, class rooms, and faculty offices towards the final positions in the completed Science Building.

“We’re getting a dedicated student research facility that is entirely new and we’re excited about it” -ERIC BALL, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY “The move is massive in scale, and it has to be done in stages,” said Eric Ball, associate professor of chemistry.

Ball will serve as the move coordinator for the chemistry department during several stages of relocation as lab facilities head to the new Science Building over winter break, and faculty offices temporarily move to the fifth floor of the administration building and then back again to the old Science Building after planned renovations are complete.

As difficult as this transition could be for him and his department, Ball ac-

knowledges that other science departments will face harder obstacles in the relocation.

“For biology, the move could be even more disruptive because they are moving their labs during the fall break, in the middle of the semester,” Ball said.

“With a surge in enrollment and the current economic situation for the state, the situation won’t be ideal for anyone. But situations are never ideal, and we can’t wait to do this move. We have to do it now.”

Milton Wieder, another professor of chemistry, shares Ball’s sense of urgency but he wonders what administrators could have done differently to alleviate some of the chaos.

“The move was made without sufficient input from faculty and it doesn’t take in account the difficulties it has created by having to move mid-semester while we’ve had an enormous jump in enrollment,” Wieder said.

Like the chemistry department, and most other departments at Metro, the Physics department has also experience a sharp spike in enrollment numbers. But unlike other science departments, physics won’t be packing any boxes for the big move to the new Science Building.

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INDEX INSIGHT ... A8 SPORTS ... A11 METROSPECTIVE ... B1 AUDIOFILES ... B6 TIMEOUT ... A14

CORRECTIONS To notify The Metropolitan of an error in any of our reports, please contact Editor-in-Chief Dominic Graziano at dgrazia1@mscd.edu

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Campus crime: not on their time Officers stay busy protecting and serving Auraria

By Morgan Bia mbia@mscd.edu Campus safety is always an issue, especially at a commuter campus, like Metro, in an urban setting.

Auraria police work continuously to improve the safety measures and awareness of crime happening on campus. However, recent budget cuts have affected the police staff at Auraria.

“We have 24 total officers, that’s a decline of one Detective Sgt. position. The position is frozen and has not been budgeted for the ’09 –’10 fiscal year,” said Auraria Police Chief John Mackey.

The department received a percentage of their funding from UCD and from that funding the Detective Sgt. position was budgeted out, although cuts were made across the board, said Mackey.

The Detective Sgt. was in charge of investigations involving serious issues on campus, such as threatening letters, that could affect the safety of the students on campus, therefore it is definitely a loss to the department, said Mackey. As for crime on campus, Chief Mackey said there is a tremendous call load because of the urban environment. A number of the arrests on campus involve people unaffiliated with the campus.

“A number of the arrests are clearly not student-based,” said Mackey.

The prevalent crimes in the summer involve theft and crimes of opportunity.

Det. Jason Mollendor said, “There are people down here taking classes all year long, it doesn’t matter if it is summer.”

He added, “criminals will find a victim whether there are 40,000 or 4,000 students on campus.”

There is an increase in activity noted in the evening and weekends and events at the Pepsi Center and Larimer Square make Auraria a higher area for crime.

Some incidents on campus may not be reported in the crime logs for Auraria, for instance, when the Denver Police Department gets involved and completes the crime report.

“It [still] ties up our officers,” said Mackey.

The Auraria police have many programs in place to help students in need and to deter crime on campus.

The Safe Nights Program was created a few years ago and was made of a team of administrators, students and other volunteers.

They walked the campus at night and found places that needed increased lighting, phones, or shrubs that needed to be cut. “Attendance dropped considerably and now the officers do that on a regular basis,” said Mackey.

Campus officers, unlike other officers who may go 50 to100 miles a day in their patrol vehicles, are encouraged to be in buildings and out and about as much as possible.

Officers are frequently seen on bikes in the summer. “Presence is

important to deter [crime],” said Mackey.

This summer there have been few serious incidents on campus.

There was one bank robbery suspect that was cornered at the perimeter of the school, as well as one sexual assault. Those crimes did not involving students and the Auraria Police work closely with the DPT in order to better control the perimeter and to keep crime off campus, said Mackey.

Now, the force has been working on the Emergency Preparedness System for students, which updates students frequently on crime that happens around campus. The system is ready to go and Chief Mackey encourages students to sign up for it.

That can be done online at MetroConnect.

The presidents of all three institutions have also signed off on a DVD designed to go over the process of the emergency preparedness system as well as to inform the students on campus safety.

“The DVD would be shown at the beginning of every semester in the classroom,” said Mackey.

Crime logs and blogs are also made to show and discuss the crime that had happened on campus and can be found online at www.ahec. edu. The logs, which are open to the public, have not been updated since May. A reminder for students: if in a serious emergency on campus do not call 911. It will delay your call because they will have to route you to the campus police.

Call 303-556-5000 for any

Auraria Crime Blotter: Aug. 1

• Officer observed subject in the Central Classroom trespassing. A routine clearance revealed an outstanding warrant for arrest.

The subject was taken into custody and transported to the Denver Sheriffs Office.

• Officer contacted subject who was sleeping on the grass. The subject stated they had been drinking at the bars and dislocated their shoulder while riding their dirt bike. An ambulance was requested and transported the subject to the hospital.

• Officer was contacted by a victim at the Light Rail Station on Colfax. The victim state that they were attacked and robbed at 15th and Stout.

The victim refused medical treatment. The incident appeared to be gang related.

Denver Police Department was called in and resumed the investigation.

Aug. 2 • Officer observed two vehicles at Speer and Larimer, side by side revering their engines.

When the light turned green both vehicles accelerated rapidly and turned onto Speer.

One vehicle lost control and fishtailed between the lanes and over a curb.

When the vehicle came back onto the street, the officer pulled the car over. The driver stated they were just showing off. DPD arrived and issued a citation for careless driving.

Aug. 3 • Officer observed a subject riding their bike in a dismount zone.

A routine clearance revealed an outstanding warrant for arrest. The subject was placed into custody and transported to the Denver Sheriff’s Office.

Stan Lupinski, left, is stopped by Auraria Police officers and Sam Maes and Jerry Lara, right, for riding his bicylce near the Tivoli building Nov 4. This was the first time Lupinski was stopped for an offense, and was let off with a warning for failing to dismount from his bicycle. The fine for riding a bicycle on campus can cost up to $60.File photo By Caitlin Gibbons • cgibbon4@mscd.edu campus emergency.

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Aug. 4 • Officer was dispatched to the North Classroom in reference to a recovered bike theft. The victim pointed out a bike and stated they thought the bike was theirs, that had been stolen previously, and wanted the Officer to check the serial number. The numbers did not match, but a clearance did reveal the bike was stolen from Denver last month. The Officer placed a department lock on the bike and waited to see if the rider would show up. No one showed, so the Officer cut the lock and placed the bike in the property room. DPD was

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contacted and alerted that the bike had been locate4d.

bipolar and not taking their medicine.

Aug. 5

Aug. 6

•Officer responded to the Auraria Library on a theft call.

The victim reported their laptop was stolen. The laptop was left unattended on a desk in the Library and was gone when the victim returned.

•Officer responded to a hit/run accident in Lot B. A vehicle hit the front wheel of the motorcycle and moved the motorcycle about a foot.

The motorcycle’s front wheel was shifted out of alignment against the fork and there was visible damage to the bike.

•Officer was contacted at St. Francis alley by the subject who was shouting at the Officers, saying people are watching them. The subject was rambling and illogical.

Subjects stated that they are

Blotter courtesy of Auraria Police

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Departments prepare for fall move SCIENCE from A3 “Physics was not invited to the party,” said Doug Howey, lab coordinator for the physics department.

Howey remembers the initial planning meetings with the firm Anderson Mason Dale Architects.

“We were told to bring information on our space usage, our short- and long-term goals for our department with us to the meeting with the architect, but we found out later that Physics wouldn’t be moving at all.”

Currently, physics students at Metro share lab space and classrooms with the physics department for UCD. Both schools share a cramped 240-squarefoot prototyping and development lab used to construct the custom equipment for the physics experiments.

This machine shop is essential in the production of research tools that rely on high degrees of accuracy in measurement such as the chaotic pendulum used by the department to measure how slight differences in intitial conditions can create vast differences in experimental results.

Howey said that current projections for enrollment set UCD and Metro’s department with more than 2,400 students sharing these facilities.

Joan Foster, dean of the school of letters, arts and sciences, acknowledged that the physics department was part of the original program plan for the Science Building. But Foster said that as the plan progressed, space was too constrained, and the budget was too limited to accommodate every department into the new building.

“You can’t orphan anyone who is current-

ly in the Science Building without giving them somewhere to go,” Foster said.

Because of its location in the North Classroom Building, Foster said that moving the physics department was not as pressing when compared to the needs of the departments uprooted by the construction.

For these uprooted faculty and students, Ball believes that the inconvenience of the transition will be more than compensated by the benefits of the new Science Building.

“We’re getting a dedicated student research facility that is entirely new and we’re excited about it,” Ball said.

“This will fit with Metro’s mission to improve the engagement of students in the research projects that will yield knowledge and solutions to real chemical problems which will be research that is publishable and will enhance the professional development of students.”

Jump in Tivoli parking rate only 2009 increase Parking rates in the Tivoli lot have been increased to a maximum rate of $8 per day for students with a valid ID, despite promises from AHEC officials that parking rates would not increase in Fall 2009.

The increase, implemented August 1, means visitors will pay a maximum of $10 per day, and the rate for everyone will be $1.50 per half hour.

Parking Director Mark Gallagher said, “It was our goal not to raise rates. However, we have a lot of long-term parkers in the Tivoli lot and it has caused congestion. We want to encourage them to look into other options. Both the parking garages are less expensive than the Tivoli lot.”

The Tivoli lot is used by the Pepsi Center for special events in the evenings. Gallagher said that many long term parkers remain in the lot during those events, limiting the number of spaces for customers at the special event rate.

“We are beginning to set the groundwork for the Metro neighborhood. We want to start encouraging people to look for other parking options. When the construction begins on the Metro neighborhood the Tivoli lot will be eliminated.”

The first building in the Metro neighborhood will be the Student Success Building, which will begin construction fall 2010.

Gallagher said there will not be any other parking rate increases this year despite a marked increase in the demand for parking on campus, partially due to a decrease in gas prices.

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Textbook buyers browse options Students beware: not all bookstores offer the same service or prices

By Andrew Flohr-Spence spencand@mscd.edu You know the pain. Buying textbooks is about as fun and voluntary as getting an abscessed tooth pulled. And about as cheap.

“It’s a pain in the ass,” CCD student Annelise Temple said. Temple studies dental hygiene.

“It kind of reminds me of going to the dentist.”

“It’s ridiculous,” said Alicia Salas, a Metro student, undeclared major. “You pay hundreds of dollars and then you go to sell them and you get twenty bucks for a book that cost hundreds of dollars. Last year I had to pay $250 for an astronomy book and at the end, none of the stores would buy it back.”

Temple said a couple of semesters ago none of the stores had the lab book for a chemistry class, until a month into the class. “It sucked,” Temple said.

Students even develop theories on why the books are so expensive.

“Mostly it’s the math and the science books but that’s probably ‘cause they weigh five pounds,” Metro transfer student Owen Chambers said.

So where do you turn in your time of bookbuying need? How do you get the best deal?

The Options Where you go can make a big difference in finding what you need in the time you need it, what short-term and long-term service you receive, and what, if any, price break you can squeeze out of the deal. You can luck out with a decent deal or get ripped off. It all depends on your consumer skills.

The list of textbook sellers — both online and in person — is growing daily.

On campus you can find the Auraria Campus Bookstore, Lodo has Big Dog Textbooks, and a new store, Cashback Textbook, moved in this summer near the Pepsi Center next to Brooklyn’s on Auraria Parkway. Online, the possibilities are almost endless.

The Differences A general rule is the lower the price, the less service you receive and the longer you have to wait to get the book.

The Auraria bookstore is usually the

most expensive, but the staff is the most knowledgeable, they are the most likely of any bookstore to have your book, you get the book immediately, and you can return the book with your receipt for a limited time.

The bookstores book buyback is limited to several weeks at the end of each semester. A positive for those civic-minded students is the Auraria bookstore is owned by the student bond that pays for the campus and the store’s profits go to pay the bond back.

Chambers said he bought his books at the on-campus bookstores at both his previous colleges and he’ll probably buy his books at the oncampus bookstore here.

“It’s just easier that way,” Chambers said.

“It’s convenient and right there, and you get them right away.”

The off-campus bookstores are up to 10 percent cheaper, either the sticker-price with Big Dog Books or through the 10 percent instant cash rebate that Cashback Textbooks offers, but the stores sometimes don’t have books and the staff can’t check the computers for information regarding the professors’ orders.

You do get the books immediately and have until Aug. 28 to return them with a receipt for your full money. Also on the plus side, both Big Dog and Cashback Textbook buy books back year-round.

“I always go to Big Dog,” Temple said. Walking with Temple, CCD veterinary tech Nicole Brown said she also always goes to Big Dog, because the books were cheaper and the books were listed according to classes.

“I don’t know what I need so I don’t go online,” Brown said. “And I can get them that day.”

Sybil Sandusky doesn’t mind waiting. A Metro history major, she said she only goes online. “The bookstore here is way overpriced. I would never shop there,” she said.

Sandusky has never had to return a book, but doesn’t worry about it. “I’ve always gotten a much better deal online.”

The Internet options to buy books are more numerous than ever and have a wide array of prices and services. The Internet offers the cheapest price, but you have to wait. Getting the book delivered faster often means paying in shipping what you saved on the book price.

If you got the wrong book or the professor changes his or her mind, or need to return or exchange the book for any reason, only a few larger sellers, such as Amazon.com, offer your money back for 30 days.

HOw they stack up

Metro senior Derek Cover juggles a pile of textbooks at the Auraria Campus Bookstore Aug. 11, 2008. Cover, a computer information systems major, was expecting to pay roughly $350–400 for books and supplies.

File photo by Drew Jaynes • ajaynes1@mscd.edu The cheapest internet deal, usually has you buying from an individual seller, rarely offers returns and selling back your book means selling it yourself online.

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INSIGHT BIGGER VIEW

What is stopping the private sector from solving the health care crisis?

By Jon Ponder, Pensito Review, Aug. 11, 2009 Here’s a fundamental fact, maybe the fundamental fact, that has been obscured in the debate over health insurance reform: We wouldn’t need a government option if the private sector had a plan for covering everyone, and the only reason the plans don’t cover everyone is greed.

The bottom line for the health-insurance industry is that it is cheaper to kill reform than it is to solve the crisis.

Think about it. The health companies have had since they killed the Clinton plan in 1993 to get their collective act together.

Instead, premiums are up, fewer people are covered and the public’s collective health and wellbeing is in decline.

Conservatives assert that only the private sector can solve the insurance crisis — an assertion that ignores the fact that the military, veterans, federal workers and members of Congress, including even Republican congressmen — are covered by government-run plans that perform comparatively well.

Still, let’s assume for a moment that what conservatives say is true — that only the private sector can fix the problem — then here is a question: What is stopping it?

By its inaction as the crisis has worsened, the industry has demonstrated that it is unwilling to reform itself. The reason for this is simple: From a financial perspective, the industry is not having a crisis. In fact, things are going quite well.

The bottom line for the industry is that it is cheaper to kill reform than it is to solve the crisis.

In its current campaign, the industry is spending $1.4 million per day on lobbyists and advertising and buying the votes of Republican pols and Blue Dog Dems.

That’s $42 million a month and $504 million if the campaign takes 12 months — a pittance when compared with its $14 billion in profits last year. In fact, it’s a steal.

“There's no time to relax over the course of the season.

Being a great team is great, but you still have to beat the team at the bottom of the standings.”

— METRO MEN'S SOCCER COACH KEN PARSONS ON A12

THE POINT: BLAME 'GREEDY CAPITALISTS' NOT THE SYSTEM

Explaining our free market Since the housing bubble collapse and bank failures of 2008 I’ve had countless discussions with countless people about why the free market failed. While I have had to readjust my argument from time to time, the argument remains fundamentally the same, and I get shocked looks whenever I present it.

Quite simply, my argument is the free market didn’t fail, at least not at face value. I do believe most people fail to understand what happened on two accounts; the first being why the collapse occurred, and the second what free market offers and does not offer.

The first argument often presented is “the banks failed due to a lack of regulation.” It is easy to understand how someone could come to this conclusion as the party in power at the time of the collapse was the "anti-regulation" Republicans. Unfortunately, the Republicans haven’t

SAMUEL BLACKMER blackmar@mscd.edu lived up to their reputation for many years; the banks that failed were some of the heaviest regulated banks in the industry. If it was the heaviest regulated banks that failed, how are more regulations going to solve the problem?

The second argument is “greedy capitalists in the housing market caused the collapse.” This argument is slightly more difficult to argue as the housing market is filled with

greedy capitalists, and they were involved in the collapse, but it can be argued and it brings us to our second misunderstanding: what the free market is supposed to do.

As the German economist Willi Schlamm said, “the trouble with capitalism is capitalists,” though in this case, it was not greedy capitalists taking advantage of capitalism, but taking advantage of a government system.

Through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the government offered to buy loans if banks lent money to high risk people and they defaulted on the loans.

Many greedy capitalists took advantage of this promise and lent money to people who could not afford to pay the money back, but this was not the free market at work, the free market doesn’t promise money for bad investments.

Capitalism doesn’t promise there

will be no economic down turns, or that people won’t take advantage of the system when the opportunity presents itself, it only increases the speed at which the economy recovers and punishes those who take advantage of the system.

Currently the people who took advantage of the system are not being punished by losing their investments; they are being rewarded with bailouts. Again, this is not the free market at work.

Yes, there will still be greedy people in a capitalist system, and yes economic down turns will still occur, but it requires government intervention to turn an economic downturn into a crisis, and we are getting a heavy dose of government intervention at the moment. To finish Willi Schlamm’s quote “the trouble with socialism is socialism.” More government involvement will bring about bigger messes, not smaller.

THE POINT: WE WAITED TOO LONG TO REFORM HEALTHCARE

Infighting ruins chance at solutions

oversees the brutal takeover of The debate over healthcare American healthcare. In a nut, reform has taken on a familiar the real problem with healththeme fueled by two equally care reform is our interpretafamiliar political philosophies. tion of the word “reform.”

In the blue corner, we have the Proponents view it all as democratic philosophy of emoa much deserved uppercut to tionally empowered ignorance a private industry that makes coupled with a dangerous beit’s billions from the needless lief in the notion that someone suffering and ignorance of is trying to save us from the big JIMMIE BRALEY millions of sick people. Oppobad wolf. In the red corner, we jbraley@mscd.edu nents view reform as another have the republican philosophy of hysterical hallucination sanctioned by a perpet- attempt by the devil to finger his way even further ual sense of hate and rage toward the government into the solidarity and honor of American fami(now that our president is black) and anyone else lies. What all of these flag-suckers sitting around who would jeopardize America’s capitalist-issued the ring guzzling beer, shouting from the rafters license to screw people. Ladies and gentlemen, are and falling all over each other fail to understand is that this whole farce of a political battle was rigged you ready? Fighters, are you ready? . . .

While it is no surprise that the red and blue from the very beginning, with massive wagers have come to the ring with the same old fighting guaranteed on face by the jackass front.

Allow me to set this down for you in the clearstyles, it is always tragic to watch those slobbering assholes in the audience who still think their side est of terms. I don’t give a damn about your opinis in it for a good cause. Consider for a moment an ion on the matter of healthcare reform and neiAugust 4th New York Times article. The first sen- ther does anyone else, particularly those who have tence reads, “Newly unveiled court documents some influence in whether or not this now crippled show that ghostwriters paid by a pharmaceutical and bumbling bill ever passes.

What we have here, as usual, is a fight between company played a major role in producing 26 scientific papers backing the use of hormone replace- those who currently rape us and those who want ment therapy in women, suggesting that the level their turn. Yet, we rarely hear anyone mention the of hidden industry influence on medical literature simple poverty of invention that stands in the way of something so obviously right as providing peois broader than previously known."

For those of us who know how to read the Times ple the opportunity to be healthy. We are a nation properly, this is extremely unsettling. Hell, this is of idiots who wait until we are sick to do anything unsettling for anyone who has ever trusted a doc- for ourselves, who habitually vote for people and tor, a hospital, an insurance provider, a politician or policies that make us bankrupt, ill and scared, and anyone else on the rape and pillage totem pole that whose minds have become so warped that we have

no problem spending trillions of dollars on guns to kill anyone in the world who disagrees with us while our own children suffer from common and easily treatable maladies. And here we are, whining and complaining about the cost of health care, the cost of reform and the ever-present socialist menace.

Consider once more the Times article cited before. What we are talking about here goes far beyond the generic bout between red idiots and blue ones. This foul “hidden industry influence” will exist with or without healthcare reform. There are people in the world who make good profit from keeping you sick, and they are the same people who play a big role in this vaunted and stupid healthcare debate. Recall, for the sake of example, that 39 of the pharmaceutical companies currently paying to have medical fabrications published in “reputable” medical journals are the same scumbag profit whores who tried to sue the entire nation of South Africa for importing cheaper AIDS medicine. These people are walking definitions of evil and their only support base is our disinterested state of mind.

The late comedian Bill Hicks had an obvious solution. He said “Here’s what we can do to change the world, right now . . . Take all of that money we spend on weapons and defense each year and instead spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world — which it would many times over, not one human being excluded,” which is true and unfunny. Even a tiny fraction of that expenditure would more than cover the cost of keeping people healthy. The difficulty lies in how one goes about prying the gun from the cold, nervous hands of Lady Liberty before she blows her face off.

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Curanderismo Sofia Reyna Salazar Sotelo presents her lecture about acupuncture at the Tivoli during the Dance of the Flower Medicine Festival Aug 7. Photo by Ryan

TOP: Velia Herrera from Curevera, Mexico lifts up a goblet of smoking incense as she gives thanks to the sky August 7 outside of St. Cajetan’s during closing ceremony of the Dance of the Flowers Medicine Festival at Auraria Campus.

RIGHT: Roberto Suárez Parra, center, raises his arms during the closing ceremony of the Dance of the Flowers Medicine Festival.

Photos by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu

Curanderos and Curanderas never use their own name in healings. They use a canonized saint such as the Virgin of Guadalupe or folk saints such as the famous Curandero Don Pedrito.

The three most wellknown Curanderas and Curanderos are Don Pedrito Jaramillo, Nino Fidencio and Teresita.

Healing body and soul

By Julie Vitkovskaya uvitkovs@mscd.edu The bright morning starts with a ceremony outside of St. Cajetan’s; flowers lay on the ground as smoke from the burning incense fills the air. It’s the final stop for the healers from Cuernavaca, Mexico, the Curanderas, who have toured Colorado to educate the different communities about integrated medicine. And still, much of their work is still ahead of them.

As the group fills the stage inside of the church, the sound of a simple pounding drum echoes around the space and as the incense continues to travel around the room. Palms up, the Curanderas and the audience members turn in all directions and recite verses, praising the west for its pioneering ancestors and paying homage to the earth and the sky.

Much of Curanderismo involves the integration between various rituals and medical herbs. With the help of a Curandera, a female healer that helps in the community, this type of Mexican folk healing is achieving more popularity in Western medical practices. In a speech given by President Stephen Jordan after the opening ceremony, Jordan showed his understanding of alternative healthcare that is culturally relevant to the community of Denver. He addressed the importance of having the educational experience of the Curanderas at Metro for college students learning to become future health practitioners as well as other departments such as Human Services and Women’s Studies.

Director of Chicano/ Chicana Studies, Ramon Castillo, explained to the audience that Curanderismo is still struggling to gain social acceptance.

“It’s time to incorporate integrated medicine into mainstream society,” Castillo said.

After an emotional speech, Castillo gave praise to the Curanderas for having prevailed in the world of mental health.

“There are no pills to ease the soul,” Castillo said.

Curandera comes from the Spanish word meaning ‘to heal.’ The first U.S. certificate program was offered through the University of Mexico and includes practices such as identifying medical plants, preparing natural medicines, using skills by traditional folk healers, message therapy and much more.

Metro is not far behind. With six years of research and development put into courses, Metro will host a class in the spring semester for students interested in Curanderismo. This would be the second semester that this kind of class is implemented into Metro’s curriculum. Students in the Individual Degree Program can also take advantage of this course, as it can be an addition to their pre-med track or involvement with Chinese

Josephina Armendariz, front left, swishes her traditional dress August 7 during The Dance of The Flower Medicine in St. Cajetan’s Cathedral at Auraria Campus. Armendariz is a member of the dance group Bailaste de Mi Tierra, which is based out of the Senior Center of Longmont. Many the dancers are over 50 and from countries around the world including; Mexico, Columbia, and Vietnam.

Photo by Joanna Storey • Jstorey6@mscd.edu

Traditional Medicine.

Associate Professor of Health Professions Carol Jensen encourages the program to continue to move forward and commends the students as the driving force for the growth of such programs.

“Western medicine does a great job caring for the body. We don’t take care of the spirit. (Curanderismo) takes care of the body and the mind,” Jensen said.

Jensen attributes the success of bringing the alternative medicine program to Metro Alum Sofia ChavezFrederick.

“My department totally supports what she is doing,” Jensen said.

Jensen also spent a week with the Curanderas to completely emerse herself in their practices and learn more about the community. It was an emotional experience to let go of sorrow in a very private ceremony.

“I got hugged and kissed more than I ever have in my entire life,” Jensen said.

Deanna Lowman, UCD alum, had a very similar experience with the healing effects of Curanderismo. The last time Lowman was inside of St. Cajetan’s was with her father — who recently passed away. Watching others get healings from the Curanderas, Lowman felt “a release of grief” and more focused on her path to become a priestess for IFA — an African religion.

Rather than having a theological track, Curanderismo focuses on healing the spirit and balancing stress.

“It can be applied to any area of religion,” Jensen said, “It’s the essence of who we are; that’s our spirit.”

At the end of the healings, presentations and speeches, the healers are tired. They line up in a circle for the closing ceremony and, once again, the air fills with smoky incense as the healers pay tribute to each direction. Yet this time, they are together in a circle of participants. Another community has grown.

“We are flowers from the same garden,” Castillo said.

Metro{spective}

Martin • martirya@mscd.edu A Curandera or a Curandero is a folk The history of Curanderismo is a blend healer who works of the new and the old; the healers with the material, combine traditional medicine that was spiritual and mental discovered in the 1500s with modern aspect of human lifes.

Western practices.

Curanderismo combines both religious The influences of Curanderismo comes and supernatural from Judeo-Chrisitan faith in God, Greek elements. Curander- Humoral of equilibrium, Arabic psychic enismo has influenced ergy, European Witchcraft, African Santeria the revival of holistic and orchas, communication with spirits and integrated medicine. scientific theory such as psychology and biomedicine.

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The Local — Jesse Daniels

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Next week in Features:

Meet your elected representatives:

• President Andrew Bateman • Vice President C.J. Garbo • Student Trustee Kailei Higginson Metro State communication design students partner with ArtLab participants to design a public billboard through creative solutions.

Co-director has future of new urban center in sight As a freelance photographer, D’Agostino photographed social movements and nonprofits — then he decided to join them.

D’Agostino is the new co-director for a new urban center opening in Tivoli 243 and seeks to integrate Metro’s community to participate in community engagement.

Interview by Julie Vitkovskaya uvitkovs@mscd.edu Why was this office created?

Being that Metro is part of Denver, we’ve got a real commitment to the health

of Denver and to make that a very concrete idea, having this office really takes that commitment to a new level.

Metro is situated better than most because it’s in a city, it’s a very diverse popu-

lation and it attracts very motivated teachers and faculty. If we were a college that didn’t have the diverse population of students that we have, it also would be more difficult to say that if we weren’t coming from a place that already understood the importance of diversity.

What would you integrate?

If this office is doing what I want it to do, what is going to happen is you’re going to have...meaningful

Five questions for:

Jesse Snavlin

As last year’s editor of the Metrosphere, Snavlin tackled bad poetry and sleepless nights to produce the 27th annual edition of Metro’s literary journal with tireless volunteers. She reflects back.

How do you think Metrospective turned out?

It turned out well. We received a wealth of submissions. Metro has suffered with reinventing-the-wheel syndrome, so we managed to overcome that this year. We didn’t receive enough strong content that would fit to our guidelines.

What are the guidelines?

They need to make sure stories are less than 12 pages. They need to make sure its copy edited. There are 25 points that every judge gives out and they need to score at least 85 percent.

What was the most surprising submission?

The judges voted in on a top story about transgender issues. It got more points than any other story. For me, that was blown-away exciting.

What are your influences?

Murakami. My guilty pleasure is Vicky Peterson. Magical realism. Everything Kurt Vonnegut. Salvador Dali – coming from layman’s art, Dali has an extreme grasp of symbolism.

What’s next for Jesse Snavlin?

In an ideal fluffy-bunny world, best seller.

community projects that have an educational benefit for all participants.

My ideal is that there is a very strong curricular and co-curricular community service projects that there are service groups that do service, 100 percent, and there are other groups, like Greeks, that do service as part of a requirement, they all can come here for assistance and finding out, well, who can I help, how can I do it, what’s the best way to do it, and what this office can offer is say we’re not only going to give you a name and a number, you are going to get a name and a number and somebody who has already worked with us, and you are adding to the whole.

So whether you’re a faculty member or a student, I really want (for) this office (to) smooth away for people to be working together on these synergistic projects.

Where do you receive your funding?

Some of it comes from the school; some of it comes from stimulus money.

Over time, I would like it all to be wrapped into the regular budget. But this year is a pilot and we have to show what we say we’re going to do.

Can you give an example of student involvement?

You can imagine, let’s say…

DPS High School. If we wanted to do some work there and we develop the relationship with them and over time that relationship got complicated in a good way like we’ve got two or three classes that are sending students there, anywhere from education to nu-

trition or to tutorial services.

And not only that, we’re not the only group that’s working at the school, there might be another volunteer organization that does do work there, another nonprofit, maybe a youth organization that does work that helps people stay in school.

How big is a community?

I’m not going to decide who’s our community, that’s absurd to say – this is our community, this isn’t. What we can figure out is who are our communities are already, whom are we missing and whom can we really help.

And those are the questions we’re really going to be deciding this first semester, this next year, and not by ourselves but by consensus.

Can you share some of your background?

I was photographing a lot of the social-movement type of stuff and activists and what a lot of people were doing with non profits.

So I went to graduate school in sociology and still freelanced.

I started a photography program with kids in inner-city Baltimore where they would photograph and they would showcase their work and they would sell their prints. I learned a lot about running a volunteer organization.

Then I went to New Orleans and continued to photograph and then, I thought, I still want to do graduate school and understand these issues more in-depth.

And then I found this job.

It’s really the best opportunity to start an office. And all of the things I wish I could change and couldn’t, this is the place to do it.

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Jeremy Piven has The Goods

TechBytes

By Drew Jaynes ajaynes1@mscd.edu

The actor talks about character development, the modern salesman and growing as an artist

Ed Helms from “The Office” and The Hangover. He was one of these guys who’s - he’s got such an incredible comedic timing and he has no fear. He completely keeps you on your toes and he’s also a really good guy. He did crash into my car after we filmed a scene where we have a very heavy confrontation, so I think he may even be a method actor because he ruined my car.

How much of this character did you put into it and how much did you get to create and work with?

J.P.: Well, it’s interesting because I come from an improv background, as well as a scripted one. So you’ve got to respect your scripted material and it was so good that we would always do one completely written and then kind of mix it up and see what happened if we could finesse the language a little bit. It’s like one guys said I really tried to screen the movie for people who weren’t in the business.

What was your favorite part working on the film?

J.P.: Just every day going to set knowing that I’m working with these incredible, committed forces that made me laugh so hard that I mean our only problem was figuring out a way to cut the movie down because we had so much material. So every day was just a joy and a pleasure.

For a college student, I like to think I’m pretty hip to what’s happening online in social media, especially as much of my waking hours are spent on Facebook, FriendFeed, blogs, Twitter and a host of other sites.

So when I read in a recent blog post on the Nielson Ratings website that only 16 percent of Twitter users are under the age of 25, I was surprised. Young people have traditionally led the charge using social networking as with MySpace, Facebook and others. So why not Twitter?

When it was launched a couple of years ago, the blaring question behind Twitter was, “what are you doing right now?”

People were supposed to use it as a status updater to keep their friends up on what they were doing.

My first impression was this: Why on earth would I want to know what my friends were up to every second of the day? What I didn’t realize though, was that most people were using it as a mobile media-sharing tool rather than for status updates.

If you’re like me, you like reading the occasional blog, sharing stuff online and interacting with your friends or networks.

To a certain extent, that’s what I use Facebook for, but Twitter serves a similar purpose.

The Twitter mantra is to share content in 140 characters or less. This is because the majority of users are sharing directly from their cell phones and there are character limits. The trick is writing concisely and leaving enough room for a link to the content.

The Twitter culture is really rich with diversity too. Everyone from celebrities and politicians, to Fortune 500 companies and average Joe’s are using Twitter. Just think of it as the ultimate in equal playing fields. It provides people of all backgrounds a great way for sharing news and other online content, as well as a pipeline for unprecedented interaction between friends and strangers alike.

Several news networks such as CNN or MSNBC are also tapping into Twitter’s capabilities. A local example would be CBS4 right here in Denver. The station has its own Twitter account and uses it to report in real-time, as well as interact with its viewers. Several viewer-pitched stories have already aired, but this is just the beginning.

Most people my age are not really getting news in printed form anymore, they’re looking online. So I rely on my Twitter feed to keep me up to date on what is happening right now. I get updates on tech news, local news, national news, breaking news, and blog posts. And once in a great while, I even answer the question of, “what are you doing right now?”

cupcakes and cookies. They also offer an elite selection of flavors of cake and icing.

The relocation to Colfax Avenue already appears to be yielding the desired exposure. Many of the neighbors stopped in to say hello and give gifts on Tuesday and walk-in business has been steady throughout the week. Not only is walk-in business keeping the staff with their hands full, the hundreds of cakes to make for the upcoming weddings this weekend are contributing too.

People are certainly welcome to design their own cakes and many do. A while back a couple were getting married in Mexico and they wanted Karr to design their cake featuring two people walking away together naked and Karr granted their wish with a smile on her face. Karr said that she designed the cake complete with little buns and all!

She also painted the people on the cake with hair styles to match the bride and groom walking away together.

Chelsie Oehlkers of Mulberries Cake Shop applies a peanut butter creme frosting to chocolate cupcakes while creating the daily special, dubbed the ‘Tuesday’ cupcake Aug. 4.

Photo by Drew Jaynes • ajaynes1@ mscd.edu

By Dominic Graziano dgrazia1@mscd.edu What made you want to do this kind of comedy?

Jeremy Piven: I read the script and the last time I laughed this hard at a script was a movie I did called Old School. And I just - it’s one of these moments where I knew immediately I just kind of had to do it and I knew the right person for a car salesman comedy that was really sharp and funny, but also lowbrow, was Adam McKay. Do you ever feel that you’ll be typecast as some sort of like fast talking salesman type?

J.P.: I don’t - what’s funny to me is if you were to spend time with me you would see like - I for instance did a special for Travel Channel called Journey of a Lifetime - Jeremy Piven’s Journey of a Lifetime. And it was me traveling through India.

And people ask me well who was that character you were playing while you were traveling? And I said, oh no, that’s me. And the thing that’s so interesting is that I kind of have to whip myself up into a frenzy to play characters like Ari Gold.

The movie is of course a comedy, but to what extent would you say that it’s a social commentary? And does America need people more like Don Ready to revive the economy?

J.P.: I think that it is kind of a sign of the times, a renegade group of slashers, you know, car salesmen that slash prices, and help move cars off the lot. Something that’s kind of needed in this economy, indeed, and that’s kind of where our story begins.

And we do, you know, need characters like Don Ready out there, but also he’s a guy who starts off as someone who has been on the road his entire life and has been - hasn’t even thought about settling down and is finally getting to the point where he realizes he needs to evolve in some way.

Do you have any advice for any of the students planning on getting into the business?

J.P.: Yeah, I think now it’s all about original content. So if you can go and get a piece of property and make it your own or write your own, your original ideas. And if you’re an actor just keep working as hard as you can. Get on every and any film or short film or stage that you can get on and log the hours because it’s all so incredibly valuable.

I was just wondering who’s your favorite actor to work with on set and why?

J.P.: I think in this particular movie, working opposite of

Don Ready, played by Jeremy Piven, knows how to sell used cars in the comedy The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. Photo by Sam Emerson • Paramount Vantage

Cake shop adds sweet touch to new Colfax location

By Linsday Allen lallen@mscd.edu Mulberries Cake Shop celebrated their grand opening Tuedsay, Aug. 4, at 2027 E. Colfax Ave. Until just a few weeks ago, Mulberries was located at 1570 S. Pearl St. for eight years. The rent was being raised on Pearl Street and the charming new location on Colfax Avenue was vacant, therefore the owner of Mulberries, Kathleen Karr, decided to move to Colfax Avenue for better exposure.

“If you weren’t going to Pearl Street you wouldn’t have seen us,” Karr said.

Mulberries is a cake shop that designs cakes for all occasions. Their wedding cakes are unique and extravagant.

Consistently featured on the cakes are polka dots, ribbons and fresh flowers, a theme that is carried on from their roots Mulberries was founded in 2000 as a cake and flower shop. In 2003 the

company split, Karr’s business partner continued on with the flower portion of the store and Karr moved forward with the cake shop.

“We started out in a 600-squarefoot building and look at us now,” Karr said.

The company has grown over the last nine years, but they remain as humble as ever. Karr’s three children help out tremendously with the cake-making fun, Karr said. The shop is split into two rooms with upbeat polka dot furniture sprinkled inside and out that matches the goodies behind the glass and furthers the joyous atmosphere of the shop. One room even has a wall filled with the art work of her three children to add to the ambience. Other family memebers are very involved in the company’s success.

In addition to elaborately fancy cakes, Mulberries is a fantastic place to stop in for a plethora or delicious treats any day of the week. They produce a variety of exciting, colorfully decorated

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Tim Lucero ends a day of coaching with his granddaughter, Victoria Algiene, riding on his shoulders.

Boxer Jose Gandara gets his face greased before sparring another boxer.

Petroleum jelly is helpful in preventing cuts, scrapes and bloody noses.

push them before they’re ready,” he said. “We don’t push anyone to compete, but if they decide they want to, then we push them to do well.”

D’Angelo Sandate, 11, also known as “the champ,” is one of those dedicated to competing.

He placed first for his weight and age group at the competition and is one of Lucero’s many prodigies who dreams of going to the Olympics. Like Sandate, Adan Gonzales, 12, also dreams of going to the Olympics, but says that being a professional writer is his “plan B.” Education is a major focus at the club. The gym is filled students from elementary school through college, who Lucero urges to “get a diploma.” Lucero also says that any personal problems a boxer

Adan Gonzales, 11, center rear, watches Red Cross Recreational Facility boxers spar while practicing on a “speedbag.”

turally rich.”

Rich in culture and family, that is. After all, Lucero’s day doesn’t end until he is home with his wife of 28 years, Luann, his daughter, Reyna and his granddaughter, Victoria.

“To live with them – it’s heaven,” Lucero said.

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Lucero, right, coaches Anthony Lopez outside the Pecos Community Center on the outskirts of Denver.

might have should be “put into the ring.”

In June, Lucero attended the high school graduation ceremony for one of his boxers, who this fall will be the first member of his family to attend college.

“I was so happy,” Lucero said. “That’s what it’s all about… doing something with their lives, doing something outside the ring. Too many boxers have nothing to fall back on when they’re done fighting.”

When Lucero turned 48 earlier this year, more than 50 friends and family members gathered to help him celebrate. Sister Cheryl Lucero said they may have felt they were financially poor growing up, but the family always thought of itself as “cul-

LACING UP WITH LUCERO

–Tim Lucero, head boxing coach for the Pecos Community Center

“To me, boxing helps to reinforce the values that I grew up with... values that kids aren’t exposed to these days.”

aren’t exposed to these days,” he said. “I had two of the best coaches ever (Gonzales and Ralph Luna). They were world class trainers, but they also reinforced the values I learned at home.”

Lucero learned that when you’re a boxer, you don’t pick fights. You treat others with respect and you do well in school – that is what Lucero asks of his boxers.

During the Golden Gloves Competition this past March, when qualifying Colorado boxers 16 years of age and older gathered to win a place at nationals and younger boxers competed for state titles, Lucero was focused on his boxers more than the rivalries that consumed some of the other coaches.

“I’ve got some real talent in there, but I won’t

Alfredo Sandate, center, and Lucero pep up a young Aztlanecos boxer for his next sparring round at the Red Cross Recreational Facility.

Story and photos by Jamie Cotten jcotten1@mscd.edu

A t the end of the day, when most full-time workers head home to relax, East Denver native Tim Lucero heads to the Pecos Community Center, where boxers of all ages fill a small gym, jump rope in an outdoor courtyard and shadow-box in the hallways.

For Lucero, a former pro-boxer coached by the nationally known boxer, Chicano activist and poet “Corky” Gonzales, volunteering his time as head coach for the Aztlanecos Boxing Club is a labor of love. He’s been doing it for 24 years without pay.

During the day, Lucero works full-time as the facilities director for the National Conference of State Legislatures and, at 5:30 p.m., his work begins as a coach and mentor to more than 30 boxers, many of who come from single-family homes.

“I was lucky enough to grow up with two parents,” Lucero said, “But a lot of kids nowadays don’t have that opportunity. It’s nice to help out these kids wherever I can, so they don’t get stuck on bumps along the way.”

“We’re all family here,” said Lucero’s older brother, Tony, who helps with the club. “We don’t let the kids leave alone. We make sure they get home safe.”

Tim Lucero’s daughter, Reyna, agrees.

“It’s pretty much a family thing we do,” said the younger Lucero, who started training with her father when she was 8 years old and boxed for nearly 20 years. “It’s his passion. He loves boxing.

He loves helping out the kids.”

With Lucero’s dedication, and with the help of his brother and his two co-trainers, Ché Duran and Alfredo Sandate, boxers don’t seem to notice the close quarters of the 530 square-foot gym. Lucero’s focus is on the boxers, not the limited space or funding needs. His goal is to get kids involved in a disciplined sport that keeps them off the streets.

“To me, boxing helps to reinforce the values that I grew up with – a lot of values that the kids

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sounding off: Portugal. The Man

Alaska’s Portugal. The Man mixes it up. With their fourth album The Satanic Satanist, the band has created yet another creative, genre-jumping record. P.TM has been touring relentlessly. At the time of this interview they were touring Europe and will be heading to The Hi-Dive Aug. 14.

Keyboardist Ryan Neighbors discussed the new album and what the band is about. By Matt Pusatory mpusator@mscd.edu MP: First tell me a little bit about the new album. How would you describe The Santanic Satanist and what has the response been so far?

RN: The new record is a focused rock ‘n’ roll record with pop and soul elements throughout. It has shorter songs than any of our previous works and much more classic song structures. We put more focus on the song itself rather than just riffs and parts. It has an over all good feel to it, a bit more positive and uplifting. So far the response has been great. We have been getting a lot of positive feedback and the shows have been great lately. People just seem to be excited about what we are doing right now and that is a great thing for us.

MP: Previous albums have always been hard to nail down genre-wise. Do you guys set out to explore different genres with your music, or does genre even come into play when writing songs?

RN: We really enjoy trying different things and touching upon all of the various genres and music we like. We always want to make a rock record and a soul record, those seem to be the two constants with each record. The basic theme is kind of set out in advance, whether it’s electronic, blues, gospel, or pop. Everything else we just kind of feel out and see what works. We try a lot of different things in the studio just to see how it goes, regardless of what the overall goal might be.

MP: What would you say inspires your songwriting? “People Say” sounds like an anti-war song, but would you say politics play a big role in your lyrics?

RN: Our lyrics are heavily about life experiences; this record in particular is mostly about growing up in Alaska and living so far away from neighbors and standard society. Politics are just kind of inevitable if you are an aware mind in today’s world. They are bound to work their way in one way or another. Some more obvious than others I guess. We are not trying to be a political activist band. Rage Against The Machine does that too well for us to even try but at the same time we are not walking around with our eyes closed and our ears shut.

MP: This is the band’s fourth full-length album, do you think the band has evolved since your debut?

RN: Oh definitely. I think it is hard not to in four years of playing music and just living life. Evolution is bound to happen. Musical tastes are changing, instruments are practiced, it’s inevitable. I find it crazy that some bands don’t evolve throughout their careers but some just enjoy what they are doing and have always done. We have to progress to keep ourselves happy. It would get boring otherwise.

MP: How would you describe a Portugal. The Man live performance?

RN: I would say we play a wide variety of our songs and try to include a jam of some sort every couple of songs or so. We try to keep some dynamics and have very few breaks. We just kind of keep it going, we don’t want anyone to lose interest and we also want to continue to surprise people, even those who have seen us eight times. Our tour manager, Ian, runs our lights as well.

Since he knows every song, it makes for a very precise light show. We are hoping to upgrade soon to some crazier stuff.

MP: How much improvisation is involved in a live show?

RN: We do a fair amount of improvisation. Especially when John breaks a string. We have had to do a couple of those on this tour. If nothing goes wrong we do a bit of improv. We know where each jam is supposed to end but I definitely enjoy doing parts a little bit different from time to time.

It keeps it fresh for us as well.

MP: Can we expect any surprises for the Denver show?

RN: Yeah I think so. A couple of new songs and a couple of new jams. I guess now it isn’t a surprise. We are looking forward to it. Denver is a good place. We know some good people there. [It’s] very pretty as well.

Portugal. The Man 9 p.m., 8/14 @ The Hi-Dive, $12

Potato Pirates Being a local band in Colorado isn’t hard. There’s a ton of venues in and around Denver, the scene supports itself with bands willing to work together to put on shows and support bigger acts. Denver’s Potato Pirates bring their energetic punk/ska amalgamation whether they’re headlining a warehouse show, or opening up for a national band. Drummer Steve Stackhouse and bassist Andrew Williams talked about their love for the scene.

By Dominic Graziano dgrazia1@mscd.edu DG: When it comes to being from Colorado, what do think of the scene out here?

SS: I love it. I think Colorado has a great scene.

AW: I’ve seen the scene change a lot.

I’m 26 now, and a few years ago it really sucked. If you were a local band you couldn’t play a show anywhere.

And there were people that were playing shows but they would never help you play. You couldn’t get on a show with somebody or anything like that.

Now people are like ‘Hey, these kids are good. I’ve known these kids for a few years I’ve seen them at shows.

We all talk, and they’re starting a band, so hey, let’s get them on and see how they do.’

There’s a better sense of unity than there was say six, seven years ago.

SS: Back then, too, there wasn’t that many venues. The venues were for the bigger bands that came through.

Nothing really for the locals. Now there’s all kinds of different levels of venues for bands that have been to-

gether for two days, two months and two years.

DG: What venues do you guys like playing?

SS: I like the Marquis a lot. The Gothic has been pretty fun, we’ve had the opportunity to play there a few times.

Our new kind of thing is Moe’s.

AW: Yeah that’s starting to feel more homely, you know what I mean? We go in there and everybody knows who we are. It’s a really nice place to play. The sound’s good, they always treat us good....They’re running a good venue, which is really nice.

DG: You’ve never played the Bluebird before; do you see this as a step up?

AW: For us it’s a brand new venue.

It’s done by completely different promoters and hell, it’s the Bluebird. I remember seeing Pinhead Circus at the Bluebird, and AVAIL. SS: That’s the biggest thing for me.

Its like the first time we got to play the Marquis or the Gothic. Walking out on that stage and being like ‘Wow, I’ve seen some of my favorite bands right up here and now I get the op-

portunity to do the same thing.’

DG: When it comes to playing shows, you’ve headlined at little places. But what does it feel like to open for a big name act?

SS: Humbling AW: Yeah, but exciting at the same time. Especially if you’re at a show and the kids are really getting into it. When you’re the opener that just means that the kids are getting that much more pumped so that when who they came to see, who they actually paid their money to see, comes on, they’re excited, their ready to go, their ready for the best thing they’re going to see.

DG: Who do you guys like to play with locally?

SS: Some of our favorites, Insomniaxe and Synthetic Elements have always been like big brothers to us.

The new band Hand Cannon, those

are our boys.

AW: Yeah Hand Cannon and Kill City Bombers.

SS: Geez, there’s a bunch.

DG: What are your influences?

SS: Everything.

AW: Yeah everything. I grew up listening to Presidents of the United States, but that’s not really a good influence. I’d say for me Op Ivy, Less Than Jake, you know, I listened to a lot of hardcore for a long time, a lot of metal for a long item.

SS: We’re all really different; everybody in the band is different with their influences.

DG: What do you guys think about how accessible all music has become thanks to web sites like MySpace?

SS: As big of a knocker as I am of MySpace, that has been the biggest key for us as a band. I mean it’s free advertising right there. You get to contact people, let people know about shows....I don’t think any scene anywhere would be as good as it is without the Internet and MySpace.

King Rat w/ Potato Pirates 8 p.m., 8/15 @ The Bluebird, $9

Essential Shows Concert Calendar

• By Julie Maas • pretko@mscd.edu

Pretenders and Cat Power, Juliette Lewis 4 p.m., Aug. 22 Botanical Gardens at Chatfield $52.50-$57.50 Touring for their new album, Break Up The Concrete, the Pretenders bring along the ethereal Cat Power (stage name of Chan Marshall) and the riot girl Juliette Lewis promoting her first solo album. These are three very different strong female vocalists, and the Denver Botanical Gardens invites you to bring your own dinner and have a picnic in the grass while you enjoy the live music at their Chatfield location.

Depeche Mode with Peter, Bjorn, and John 8 p.m.. Aug. 27 Red Rocks Amphitheater $55-$89 Depeche Mode’s exceptional last visit to Denver was at DU, so you can only expect something more amazing and moving at Red Rocks. With the balance of an amazing new album and the best large venue in Colorado you won’t be disappointed. Peter, Bjorn, and John are there to warm up the crowd with songs from their new album, Living Thing.

Placebo with Nico Vega 8 p.m., Sept. 23 Gothic Theater $26-$28 Placebo has called their latest album, “Battle For The Sun,” hard pop and they put on a show that is both intense and amazing. The androgenous Brian Molko may be small but his voice is larger than life and he leaves the attention on stage to bassist Stefan Olsdal who acts more like a front man. Newcomers Nico Vega get the night started with Aja Volkman’s growling vocals to welcome you in. A night you don’t want to miss.

The B-52s 8 p.m., Sept. 29 Fillmore Auditorium $32.50-$35 Even 16 years after their last full album release, The B-52s prove that they are still the ultimate party band. They return this time around with the original vocal line-up with Cindy Wilson to harmonize with Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider to add that wacky touch in the middle. It’s a fun show that will keep you dancing from start to finish.

The Pogues 8 p.m., Oct. 23 Ogden Theater $49.50 Drunk Irishmen at their best. You are lucky if you understand a word vocalist Shane McGowan is saying but it will be a show you never forget, unless you, yourself, are too inebriated to remember. Look for a night of great fun and great drinking. You’ll probably walk away with a few new friends too.

DeVotchka 8 p.m., Oct. 30 and 31 Boulder Theater $38.50 Spend Halloween with local favorites DeVotchka in Boulder. A four piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble that fuses Roman, Greek, Slavic and Bolero music with American punk and folk roots, their unique style cannot be replicated. With their eerie yet dreamy sound, it is the perfect band to spend the holiday with and who knows what people will be wearing?

Artist: Muse Single: “Uprising” Album: The Resistance (Sept. 14) The new single from UK prog rockers Muse is a little bit of a disappointment. Sticking with the more electric vein as their last album, Black Holes and Revelations, “Uprising” is drenched in synthesizers. With a deep and heavy bassline, handclaps and pounding drums, instrumentally the song isn’t bad, although a little bit more of Matt Bellamy’s skilled guitar playing would have been welcome.

Where the song really falls flat is the lyrics. If you couldn’t tell from the title it is yet another song about taking the power back and other clichéd political statements, including the downright laughable line, “it’s time the fat cats had a heart attack.”

The song packs more bombast than any Muse song to date, and is sure to make you nod your head, but the band’s political protests are getting a little out of hand.

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more upcoming shows We all need our fix of music before all the school madness begins, and what better way to get it than saturating your ears with your friendly neighborhood bands? I can’t think of any, which is why Lifestock is the place to be this Aug. 13, 14 and 15. This perfectly timed festival will be taking place in Lifespot, an independent music venue free of drugs, alcohol and violence. Lifestock will be packed with local talent including The Band Formerly Known as Prince, Larissa Vienna, Sheridan, The Forgotten Secret, Vegas Baby, Analog Reason, Defending the Pilot, Thanks To You, Ten to None, along with many others. For just $25 you can rock out for three whole days to the sounds of mountain fresh Colorado music, not bad at all! So get up, bust out the piggy bank and carpool with your friends to 7562 S. University Blvd, Centennial. For more info visit: myspace.com/lifespotpresents.

• By Nathalia Velez • nvelez@mscd.edu

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Dead Weather 8 p.m., Aug. 17 Ogden Theater $27.50 Formed after what started as a jam session at Jack White’s personal studio, the Dead Weather features Kills vocalists Allison Mosshart and Jack White himself.

They come to the Ogden to rock your world and leave you begging for more.

You don’t want to miss this night of riotous power.

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Lifestock Festival 5:30 p.m., Aug. 13-15 @ Lifespot, $25

For its third year the Monolith Music Festival is really going all out. Unlike previous years, bands were announced via Twitter and Facebook one or two at a time through out June and July, before finally announcing the two headliners: Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Mars Volta.

The festival, set to take place Sept.

13 and 14 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, also includes a huge cast of indie rock, hip-hop and electro artists including mash-up master Girl Talk, MSTRKRFT, Of Montreal and Wu-Tangers Method Man and Redman among others.

Monolith will also feature a slew of smaller bands such as Cincinnati’s Bad Veins and Israel’s Monotonix and Denver-favorites The Knew and The Pirate Signal, both of which promise to bring high-energy insanity.

Tickets range in price from $52 one-day passes, to $225 VIP packages. For more information including a full lineup, visit www.monolithfestival.com.

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Monolith Festival Noon, Sept. 13 - 14 @ Red Rocks, $52 - $250

Matt Pusatory mpusator@mscd.edu Music Editor

On this day in 1990, Rhythm and blues singer Curtis Mayfield is paralyzed from the waist down after being struck by a lighting rig before an outdoor concert in Brooklyn, N.Y.

THE METROPOLITAN • AUGUST 13, 2009 • INSIGHT • A9

THE POINT: TIPS FOR FRESHMAN STUDENTS

Youth and experience converge at Metro

Autumn arrives in Colorado at the timberline and spreads by ski slope and aspen grove down to Denver and the Front Range, before chasing summer East across the prairie…

But at Metro State — where an army of first-year students march onto campus every year fresh from the battles of prom, graduation, and teenage romance — spring seems eternal. High schools release waves of 18 year olds each fall onto the colleges and universities across Colorado, but here at Metro, these waves crash against a student body wildly diverse in age and experience.

The freshman at the bookstore shopping with his parents for a Metro sweatshirt and a new iPod stands in line with the senior paying for used textbooks by claiming his step-children as dependants on a tax return.

In the bookstore check-out line, these two extremes won’t share a sideways glance, but in the classroom, Metro’s lastgrade-stands policy ensures the interaction of exuberant first-year students with the contrite upperclassman looking to repair a wayward GPA. Any junior or senior who has foolishly taken (or retaken) Introduction to Music has experienced this painful encounter first-hand. The first six weeks of this course are joylessly focused on brutal hand-to-hand combat with the hideously reanimated corpse known as the high-art/low-

BEN WIEBESIEK wiebesib@mscd.edu art debate. This merciless zombie feeds on both halves of the freshman brain: the obsessive desire to name-drop obscure artists to impress strangers, and the shameless compulsion to please the instructor with statements of starry-eyed love for anything that sounds like it oozed out of a Victrola.

After this first month-anda-half of outlandish pretension passes, the worst is over. By midterm, attendance rapidly dwindles among students who aren’t directly paying for their education and for the 18 to 20 demographic, this is damn near everybody.

Among the remaining freshman, the high-art/low-art zombie de-evolves into a rowdy argument over Tupac versus Biggie.

But this year is different.

Thanks to the recession, recordhigh enrollment is destined to collide with record-low funding for the college. This perfect storm will inevitably result in larger classroom sizes and cramped quarters for every level of the student body.

It is time for students of all ages to put aside their gangsta-rap differ-

ences and learn to live together.

If this May-to-December relationship is going to work, we’re going to need some ground rules.

As a gesture of good faith, the older students should make the first concessions.

Effective immediately, all hazing of freshman should immediately cease. This includes any initiation ceremony that features harsh interrogation techniques such as water boarding, sleep deprivation, or being forced to look at a procession of wallet photos of children and/or pets belonging to an older student. Upperclassmen are also strictly forbidden from all jokes involving the following entertainment figures: Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers, any cast member from High School Musical, or “Blue’s Clues” in any context.

As for the freshman, the key to a harmonious existence with these cranky old geezers you see lumbering between classes involves compassion and understanding. First of all, we’re not just lumbering between classes. We’re also shuffling from work to class, back to work, then back to class, all while desperately trying to scribble out a thousand note-cards for Spanish while you limber-minded freshman just sit back, sip a Mountain Dew and learn by osmosis.

Most of the seething animosity directed toward the fresh-faced cherubs floating in from grade school stems less from what they do, as opposed to how they choose

to talk about it. From the casual conversation of celebrity gossip before class, to the one-sided minutiae broadcasted across the sounding boards known as cell phones, freshman can earn some goodwill just by saying less.

Here’s a list of a few things to avoid talking about altogether: Don’t describe yourself as an anarchist, unless you are referring to your study habits.

Dictionary definitions do not exist as an opening sentence for your presentation. Every time a freshman starts a speech with, “Webster defines X as…,” an older student goes insane and transfers to the University of Phoenix.

Don’t talk about Fight Club, and don’t talk about Twitter either.

General proclamations about the state of marriage or monogamy in today’s society shouldn’t be coming from anyone concerned how a 21st birthday will affect a relationship. This rule also applies to anyone basing their commitment level to a boyfriend or girlfriend on the outcome of a college admission letter.

Don’t write angry letters to your local student publication because of the ranting of one cranky old man. He probably just needs a nap.

This is an exciting time for all undergraduates at Metro State and we need to put aside our petty differences and come together to work for an important goal: annoying the hell out of those incoming grad-school yuppies.

Editorial Cartoon

THE METROPOLITAN Since 1979 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dominic Graziano dgrazia1@mscd.edu MANAGING EDITOR Lindsay Lovato llovato5@mscd.edu NEWS EDITOR Caitlin Gibbons cgibbon4@mscd.edu ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Ben Wiebesiek wiebesib@mscd.edu FEATURES EDITOR Julie Vitkovskaya uvitkovs@mscd.edu MUSIC EDITOR Matt Pusatory mpusator@mscd.edu SPORTS EDITOR Kate Ferraro kferraro@mscd.edu ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Josiah Kaan jkaan@mscd.edu ADVERTISING Tucker Knight tknight7@mscd.edu PHOTO EDITOR Drew Jaynes ajaynes1@mscd.edu ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITORS Leah Millis lmillis@mscd.edu Ryan Martin martirya@mscd.edu COPY EDITORS Tara Moberly tmoberly@mscd.edu Morgan Bia mbia@mscd.edu GRAPHIC DESIGN Kathleen Jewby DIRECTOR OF STUDENT MEDIA Dianne Harrison Miller harrison@mscd.edu ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF STUDENT MEDIA Donnita Wong wongd@mscd.edu ADVISER Jane Hoback hobackje@comcast.net

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The Metropolitan is distributed to all campus buildings. No person may take more than one copy of each edition of The Metropolitan without prior written permission. Please direct any questions, comments, complaints or compliments to Metro Board of Publications c/o The Metropolitan. Opinions expressed within do not necessarily reflect those of Metropolitan State College of Denver or its advertisers. Deadline for calendar items is 5 p.m. Thursday. Deadline for press releases is 10 a.m. Monday. Display advertising deadline is 3 p.m. Thursday. Classified advertising is 5 p.m. Thursday.

After a rare sighting at orientation, the elusive Jordanus Stephenus returned to its office for fall hibernation.

Freshman in attendance were taken aback at his beauty and majesty.

Tivoli Student Union, Room 313.

P.O. Box 173362, Campus Box 57, Denver, CO 80217-3362.

Illustrated and written by THE METROPOLITAN STAFF

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SPORTS

“Most people my age are not really getting news in printed form anymore, they’re looking online. So I rely on my Twitter feed to keep me up to date on what is happening right now.”

-DREW JAYNES, TECH BYTES , METROSPECTIVE, B3

Kate Ferraro • SPORTS EDITOR • kferraro@mscd.edu

Same squad, higher expectations ‘Runners return all six starters for upcoming season

THIS WEEK

8.13 Soccer Practice

Men 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Women 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Volleyball Practice 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Cross Country Practice 7:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m.

By Enrico Dominguez edoming2@mscd.edu Metro volleyball head coach Debbie Hendricks called out University of Nebraska at Kearney as the team to beat this year and wants nothing less of the ‘Runners than to be the conference champions by the time the women are headed to the NCAA tournament at the end of the season.

The team accomplished a lot more than expected last year with a young team. The only thing that was supposed to plague the team was lack of experience. To make it to the NCAA tournament with four starting freshmen is astonishing.

Hendricks returns this year for her 10th season.

“For most of the girls, last season was the first year to really travel to matches and experience the conference tournament, as well as, the NCAA tournament,” Hendricks said.

This season there are no excuses from the team, only higher goals.

With junior Anna Mapes back in action, the ‘Runners gained experience before the season started. The volleyball team has all six starters returning this year. They gained a little more playing time in the spring by going to Europe.

The chemistry has made the team inseparable after traveling together and with majority of the team being around the same age.

Team leaders senior Amy Watanabe and Anna Mapes are clicking and with the team all returning this year the coaches can get back into the groove.

“Good thing we don’t have to reinvent the wheel this year,” Hendricks said. “We just have one week of practice before school starts.”

Sophomore Emily Greenhalgh and sophomore Bri Morley stayed in shape in the offseason by running, lifting weights and performing plyometrics.

“This year will be better because we already know what to expect,” Morley said. “It’s nice starting this year already knowing the coaching style.”

The plan is to start training hard and fast. Hendricks plans on having a much faster offense this year because the core of the team is so young there are no limits to how dangerous the Roadrunners could be this season.

SIDELINE

8.14 Soccer Practice

Men Scrimmage Women 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.

3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Volleyball Practice 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Cross Country Practice 7:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m.

8.15 Cross Country Practice 7:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m.

Say What?

“If anybody knows the program, its him. Nesbitt being our coach would be a breath of fresh air out of this situation.”

METRO TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER ANTHONY LUNA

Metro senior Amanda Cook returns a spike August 11 during morning volleyball practive in the Auraria Events Center. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu The Roadrunners’ practice schedule starts Aug. 10 in the Auraria Event Center with testing.

“Testing is really nerve racking” Greenhalgh said. “It shows how much or little you worked during the offseason.”

The rest of that week is filled with two-a-day practices, as well as extra practice times for setters and middle blockers.

If the team can beat Florida Southern College and Concordia University at St. Paul, that would send shock waves through the conference making Metro the team to beat, not just within the conference, but nationally as well.

The team’s first set of matches starts Aug. 28 in San Antonio, Texas against Millersville.

The following weekend the Roadrunners host the Colorado Premier Tournament with Regis Sept. 4 and 5 against Western Oregon and Concordia University at St Paul.

“This year will be better because we already know what to expect. It’s nice starting this year already knowing the coaching style.”

OUTSIDE HITTER BRI MORELY

Metro Volleyball Schedule

FUN FACT

8.22 Alumni Match 8.28 10 a.m. vs.

Millersville University

8.28 4:45 p.m. vs.

Central Oklahoma University

8.29 10 a.m. vs.

Florida Southern College

Metro students can now receive game results and news from the athletic department through text messages. To sign up for free Metro athletic text updates, visit www. gometrostate.com and fillout the sign-up form. Standard text messaging rates may apply.

The fastest serve in a game of tennis was in 1963 by Michael Sangster. It was clocked at 154 miles per hour. • THE METROPOLITAN • AUGUST 13, 2009 • SPORTS • A12

Loss of seniors could affect offense Track

coach leaves for WSU

By Lauren Schaedig lschaedi@mscd.edu

The shortening days and cooler temperatures of summers end mean one thing to the men’s soccer team: it’s time to play. With their toughest competition scheduled in the first few weeks of the season, the Roadrunners will have to jump right in despite the many challenges they will face this season. Their top two scorers and a goalkeeper graduated last year, leaving three pairs of big cleats to fill for the young team. It is unknown who will step up to the task, but with seven seniors this year there is no lack of leadership out on the field. Having never made it past the first round of the National tournament in their careers, these seniors are hungry for more and are ready to lead to team to a victory they can end their college careers on in satisfaction.

For the past three years the Roadrunners have enjoyed success in the RMAC conference and gone on to the National tournament, but every year their path to the championship was cut short by their rivals Fort Lewis and Midwestern State. While games against Fort Lewis have been back and forth battles, the Roadrunners have never seen a victory against Midwestern State. It will be one of their many challenges this season and a victory against that rival could be key in the success of the team in the rest of the season. The Roadrunners will face Midwestern on the road on Sept. 4.

“There’s no time to relax over the course of the season,” head coach Ken Parsons said. “Being a great team is great, but you still have to beat the team at the bottom of the standings.”

By S. Douglas Bassett sbasset4@mscd.edu

Metro defender Pat Laughlin starts the season off doing push ups during the first practice r Aug. 10 at Auraria Field. Photo by Ryan Martin • martirya@mscd.edu “It starts at practice,” senior Sam Rolph added. “We tend to slack at practice when we’re sore and tired, but we need to maintain a hard work ethic in order to get deep into the tournament. We’re preparing for that stage all year, and it requires a consistent work ethic at practice, working at the little things, and taking care of yourself on and off the field.”

Last season was dotted with injuries, including Rolph who battled ankle injuries throughout the fall.

Injuries impeded the success of the team last season, and hopefully this year the Roadrunners will have more luck with their health.

However, injuries are not the greatest of the Roadrunners prob-

lems that they will face this season.

After losing their two top scorers, who were also the conference leaders in scoring, the team will have to find a way to get the ball in the net without them.

“Pre-season is about finding the scorers,” Coach Parsons said. “Early on we will have to figure out how to score goals. The entire backline will not be affected to much [from the loss of the seniors] but we will have to work on getting the ball into the attacking third.”

Tyler Hambrick, another senior, added that scoring opportunities will have to come from all around the team.

“We definitely need to have more

goal scorers outside of our forwards.

The team is going to need to score by themselves rather than relying on two people.”

Despite the difficulty of finding a way to score, Coach Parsons has his focus on the game rather than the goals for the upcoming season.

With seven seniors who were stopped short of the championship all of their three years, the desire for a national title has never been stronger. With their leadership, the Roadrunners have the national championship well within reach, and it will be up to them to work together to take it.

Degeneres returns to Denver from DI

By Will Howard whowar@mscd.edu For women’s soccer forward Aleah DeGeneres, Metro is the right fit.

After a brief stint at Division I Indiana University, Degeneres decided to come back home to Denver.

Degeneres has been playing soccer since she was five years old, and competitively since she was 10 years old.

She played high school soccer at Chatfield High School in Denver where she was named All-State as a junior.

After high school she moved on to Indiana University where she was redshirted as a freshman. Now Degeneres is happy to be back in Denver and playing with Metro.

“I get along with the team very well,” Degeneres said. “It’s a good team, I like the coach and I’m excited to be playing with them.”

Degeneres is looking forward to playing again after being injured last year.

“I broke my foot my senior year

Metro forward Aleah Degeneres. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu of high school, then reinjured it again last year, so I’m looking forward to being healthy this season,” Degeneres said.

During the offseason Degeneres works at Cherry Hills Country Club, where she is a certified lifeguard, although she will be quitting once the season starts. She also loves to swim and read. Degeneres is an avid Colo-

rado sports fan and loves the Avalanche, the Broncos, the Nuggets and the Rockies. At Metro she is studying psychology, and hopes to eventually go on to graduate school and possibly get a Doctoral degree in the field.

Degeneres will be playing forward up top with All-American senior Becca Mays this season. Degeneres says she believes she can learn

a great deal from Mays.

“She’s fun to play with, has great technical skills, is aggressive and she’s a good all-around player,” Degeneres said.

Head coach Adrianne Almaraz agrees that it is a great chance for young players like Degeneres to gain experience and learn the ropes while playing with some of the quality veterans. In fact, there are 20 returning players this year, so the team is almost the same as it was last season.

With so many returning players, Almaraz is excited for the season to get underway.

The first game of the season is Aug. 28 against University of Nebraska at Omaha. The team will face their first regional test against Winona State and Minnesota State Mankato the first weekend of Sept. 4 and 6. A must-see game this year is Oct. 16 when the team hosts crosstown rival Regis University. The team also has upcoming scrimmages against the alumni and against the University of Northern Colorado.

The Metro men and women’s cross country and track teams will be missing an integral member of their respective squads this year.

Pete Julian, head coach of both teams since their rebirth, accepted a coaching position at Washington State University last month, Metro Athletic Director Joan McDermott announced.

At WSU, a Division I school, Julian will coach the middle distance, distance and cross country runners.

The news came as a shock to the team and, although they’ve since come around, everybody took it badly, Metro track star Anthony Luna said.

“I thought he was joking,” Luna said when Julian called him to break the news.

Julian coached and mentored Luna since he started running at Metro and, in the indoor and outdoor seasons of 2009, helped propel him to become a national champion in the 800-meter run.

Luna said he even considered transferring to WSU, located in Pullman, Wash., but thought better of it.

“The bigger picture was to stay here,” Luna said. “Metro has given me so much.”

A day after the announcement, McDermott named assistant coach Sean Nesbitt as the interim head coach for the cross country season.

Both Nesbitt and Julian started the cross country team from scratch in the fall of 2005 and, a year later, the track program after Metro terminated both programs in the 1980’s.

The men and women’s cross country teams finished in the top20 nationally and the men’s indoor team finished 10th overall. That is not to mention Luna’s stunning achievement as a two-time national champion in the 800-meter.

Although McDermott said she would interview nationally for the head coaching position, Luna and the team have all the confidence in Nesbitt.

“If anybody knows the program, it’s him,” Luna said. “Nesbitt being our coach would be a breath of fresh air out of this situation.”

The men and women’s cross country teams will open their season Sept. 4 at the UCCS Invitational in Colorado Springs.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. • THE METROPOLITAN • AUGUST 13, 2009 • SPORTS • A13

2009 Men’s and Women’s Soccer Preview Men’s soccer preview 2008 season RECAP

Record: 12-6-3, 8-3-3 in the RMAC Postseason: Fell to Fort Lewis in RMAC Championship and NCAA Tournament.

Ri Armstrong (left)

Tyler Hambrick (right)

Forwards

MIDFIELDERS

The Roadrunners front line is questionable since they don’t have very many forwards on the roster. However, with Ri Armstrong up front, Metro will be in good shape. Armstrong tallied six points last year and appeared in 20 games.

Despite losing two important midfielders to graduation, Metro has plenty of halfbacks to take their places. Senior Tyler Hambrick was third on the team in scoring and assists last year and started 21 games at midfield.

Pat Laughlin (right)

DEFENDERS

Senior Pat Laughlin helped the Roadrunners limit opponents to just 29 goals in 22 games, which is an average of 1.28 per 90 minutes.

Laughlin started 17 games as a defender and was named Daktronics first team all-Region and third team All-RMAC.

HEAD COACH KEN PARSONS Career record with Metro: 69-28-11 overall Head coach Ken Parsons will return for his sixth season coaching at Metro. Parsons lead his team to the RMAC Championship and NCAA Tournament last year where they lost both tournaments to Fort Lewis.

In his five seasons at Metro, Parsons took his team to the RMAC Tournament five times and the NCAA Tourament three times.

Photos by Ryan Martin • martirya@mscd.edu

Women’s soccer preview 2008 season RECAP

Record: 20-2-3, 11-0-2 in the RMAC Postseason: Won RMAC Tournament against Regis University, lost in NCAA semi-finals against Seattle Pacific.

Becca Mays (right)

Madison McQuilliams

Courtney Ryan (right)

Forwards

MIDFIELDERS

DEFENDERS

After losing two key midfielders Vanessa Mais and Jaimie Stephenson to graduation, junior Madison McQuilliams is ready to step up in the middle. McQuilliams was named to the RMAC All-Tournament team and finished fourth on the team in goals and points.

The Roadrunner defense was a wall in the back field last season as they had the 11th-best team goals against average in the country. Sophomore Courtney Ryan started all 25 games as a freshman last year and scored one goal and had seven assists.

Metro will keep their strong front line this year as All-America forward Becca Mays and all-region forward Jen Thomas are back in the line-up. Mays lead her team last year in goals, points, shot attempts shots and game-winning goals.

HEAD COACH ADRIANNE ALMARAZ Career record with Metro: 20-2-3 overall Head coach Adrianne Almaraz is in her second season coaching the Roadrunners. Almaraz lead Metro to the NCAA semifinals and the RMAC regular season and tournament championship. Metro won against Mesa State in the regular season championship and Regis University in the conference tournament. They lost to Seattle Pacific University in semifinals in the NCAA tournament.

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TIPS FOR FINANCIAL AID 1. Fill out a FAFSA even if you don’t think you’ll qualify.

2. Learn about the college financial aid process and meet with aid advisors.

3. Apply for aid as soon as possible after January 1.

4. Look for scholarships in your community and on the Internet.

5. Choose the right school for you. Tuitions for public universities, like Metro, are much lower than private schools.

6. Apply for anything and everything because you can’t win unless you fill out the paper work.

7. Consider company-sponsored tuition plans. Some employers will pay for the education of their employees.

8. Pay tuition early. There are some colleges that offer discounts for early payments.

9. Inform aid administrators of any unusual financial circumstance that you might have.

10. Borrow money only if you have to. If you have to get a student loan, make sure you get a subsidized loan where you won’t pay interest.

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BEST OF ONLINE FML: Everyday life stories

Texts from last night

Today, a patient was late for a psychiatry appointment, after having missed his previous two. I am the medical student on the team that was supposed to do his assessment. I said, “You snooze, you lose.” Everyone stopped and looked at me.

Apparently, he missed them because he has narcolepsy.

Billy Ray Cyrus is narrating a show on the History Channel. My I.Q. can’t decide whether to go up or down. (508)

Today, I was working in a warehouse where fellow employees were kicking empty boxes around. Seeing a box, I got a running distance and kicked it as hard as I could, only to look up in horror to see that I had kicked into our CEO’s face. I still had both my arms up in ‘score’ mode.

You kept telling everyone that you were the Mayor of Silverware Town. (215) After last night’s events, I googled “how to change your life direction.” I found a really helpful ehow.com article.

Actions speak louder than words. Her actions scream crazy.

We had to use the stains on Phil’s shirt to try to piece together what happened last night.

Today, I was at the mall with my little brother. I saw **i WaNt TO sLaP mY niECe him touching some expensive wHO ThINks iT iS cUte tO WriTE objects, so I slapped his arm. I LiKE tHiS** noticed he wasn’t my brother when he started crying and his I got us presents. Or arrested. real mom slapped me in the face. We shall see!

WEEK{PREVIEW}

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Great Divide Brewing Co. $20 3— 5 P.M.

Novo Coffee, 1200 Acoma Free 6  8 A.M.

Do you have your required amount of flair?

If you don’t, make sure to join Tran Wills in a button-making class that highlights Japanese animation and graphic novels.

Wills will present different images and show how you can turn your grandma’s photograph, a corkscrew and shiny pieces of plastic into something even Madeleine Albright’s pins can’t shake a fist at.

Please register online or call 720-8651206.

CU Boulder Campus $5 and up All day

1776 Grant Street $8 12— 3 P.M.

“Aliens”

Green Day

Esquire Theater $7.25 12:00 A.M.

Pepsi Center $25 and up 7:00 P.M.

MONDAY/ 08.17 Woodstock: 40th Anniversary Directors Cut Film on the Rocks, Red Rocks $10—$12 6:45 P.M.

Fall 2009 Classes Begin Welcome Back Week 17 — 21 Mat Pilates St. Francis Atrium, 12 — 1 p.m.

A Community Conversation on the Economy Mercury Cafe Free 1:30 P.M.

TUESDAY/ 08.18

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JAPANIME BUTTON MAKING WORKSHOP

Summer Pool Parties at the Warwick Denver Hotel

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THURSDAY/ 08.13

Colorado Shakespeare Festival

LoDo Bites: Sip. Sample.

Stroll LODO $25$30 5 — 9 P.M.

Hatha Yoga St. Francis Atrium, 12 — 1 p.m.

WEDNESDAY/ 08.19

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Denver Microbrew Tour

SUNDAY/ 08.16

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SATURDAY/ 08.15

FRIDAY/ 08.14

Gentle Yoga St. Francis Atrium, 12 — 1 p.m.

Yoga as Therapy St. Francis Atrium, 1:15 — 2:15 p.m.

Gig: Three the Hard Way Tivoli, 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.

New Student Open House Office of Career Services, 1 p.m.