Volume 32, Issue 9 - Sept. 17, 2009

THE

METROPOLITAN Vol. 32, Issue 9

Serving Auraria for 30 years

September 17, 2009

Another fall influx Census: full-time student enrollment increases 7.4 percent • A3

Staying flexible

UCD student Allison Brown holds a pose during a Healthy Moves yoga class Sept. 15 in the lobby of the Auraria Events Center. Healthy Moves is a fitness program designed by the Auraria Health Center for students to participate in a variety of classes free of charge. The program has been nomadic since losing its St. Francis Center space in August. Photo by Jamie Cotten • jcotten1@mscd.edu • A5

SPORTS

METROSPECTIVE

METRO VS. COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES Saving the honeybees

Women’s soccer topples the Orediggers • A11

Volleyball loses after tight match • A12

World-wide threats to colonies prompt urban action • B4

A3 • THE METROPOLITAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

NEWS

“The world, like it or not, is getting smaller and increasingly smaller players are making a big impact.”

- Colin Seger on A8

CAITLIN GIBBONS • NEWS EDITOR • cgibbon4@mscd.edu

Enrollment, revenue increase Metro student body grows, space crunch continues

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Fall enrollment at Metro increased for the 11th consecutive year – this semester by 7.4 percent for full-year, fulltime equivalent students.

Despite growing concerns over space, the college plans to increase enrollment another 6 percent more than the fall 2009 numbers by fall 2010, then implement capping procedures to keep growth flat until the Student Success Building is completed, said Metro Spokeswoman Cathy Lucas.

The college is using the increase in enrollment to bring in additional revenue.

The Board of Trustees approved a 9 percent tuition increase last spring, and with the enrollment numbers for last year, that meant $4.7 million more in revenue. The fall 2009 increase in enrollment generated an additional $3.7 million in tuition revenue for the college. The $8.4 million in new revenue has gone back into Metro’s budget.

“Everything is going back into the budget to sustain operating expenses,” Lucas said.

To help alleviate the space crunch, the Auraria Higher Education Center has added five new trailers, or modular classrooms, to “Trailer City” in parking Lot I, said Sean Nesbitt, director of Facilities Planning and Space Management.

The units were put together to form one larger unit. Each of the four classroom units adds more than 700 square feet of space.

School year Each unit is set up as a 24-seat classroom.

“From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. those classrooms are booked solid,” Nesbitt said.

The new space is prioritized for the First Year Success Program, although not used exclusively for that purpose.

Nesbitt said roughly 54 course sections have been added since last year, due to the increase in space.

Over in the Academic Advising Center, Skip Crownhart, director of advising, and her staff are busier than ever working with incoming and returning students.

“It is forcing us to look at things differently and how we can better serve the students,” she said.

Crownhart said many classes filled up quickly this semester, and as a result it took some students longer to work out a desirable schedule.

“We will work with you the best we can, and try to help you choose a schedule, but you need to be flexible and work with us,” Crownhart said.

The average number of credit hours students are registering for also increased from last year. This fall the average student is taking 11.12 credit hours, compared to 10.9 credit hours in fall 2008.

Crownhart said she thinks some of the increase is due to students returning to school because of the economy and job layoffs.

Metro will start to control enrollment starting in fall 2010 using a variety of strategies. One strategy is to mandate all students to complete any remediation within their first 30 credit hours. If the student has not completed the remedial course work, registration holds will be placed on their account. In addition to remediation, Metro will enforce assessments in english, math and reading for all new students before registration.

There are 22,904 students enrolled this fall, 5.5 percent more than last year at the census date. The student body is composed of 96.3 percent residential students and the median age of Metro students is 23.

Board to strengthen IT with stimulus money College explores tech rightsizing during budget crunch

By Rita Wold rwold@mscd.edu Metro’s Board of Trustees approved the allocation of $3.7 million in stimulus and other one-time funds to downsize the college’s operations with technology.

The initiative, initially proposed by Metro President Stephen Jordan, was detailed at the Sept. 2 board meeting.

In July, Gov. Bill Ritter warned public colleges that an additional 10 percent might be slashed from the 2010 budget.

Federal stimulus funds of $301

EVENTS Diversity and Inclusion: Old Perceptions and New Approaches to Move Your Business Forward Panel discussion featuring prominent Denver-area minority business professionals 4:30 p.m.

Tivoli Adirondacks Room

Metro’s fall enrollment

By Caitlin Gibbons cgibbon4@mscd.edu

THIS WEEK

million are intended to help alleviate those budget losses to higher education during its two-year duration.

Metro seeks to minimize the effects of future funding losses rather than backfilling expenses with stimulus funds.

Instead of more budget cuts, rightsizing would keep Metro at capacity despite the current alarming studentgrowth rate, Carl Powell, vice president of information technology said.

“Many times rightsizing is a euphemism for cutting positions,” Powell said. “In this case, it was truly used for rightsizing.”

Besides reducing cost, Powell said the agenda was to eliminate gaps inside the technology areas and would

help expedite campus processes for students, faculty and staff.

An initiative to host an online appointment scheduling system for the financial aid, advising and testing centers would cost a one-time fee of $38,000 in addition to $28,000 annually, garnering benefits that will save students 30 minutes or more of waiting in line.

The most costly annual initiative, priced at $40,000 would make IT help services entirely available on campus, improving first-call resolutions and on-site response times, while also increasing student employment and learning.

“The cost for the technology really drops considerably when you look

at the benefits you get from it,” Powell estimated.

Overall, IT projects will require hiring 18 staff members and seven external consultants, amounting to $2,052,500 in stimulus funding, $893,970 investment of other funds in new hardware and software, with an annual maintenance cost of $163,600.

“It’s going to be about maintaining the college and making sure it’s cost effective, which will help in the long run not to increase tuition or layoff teachers,” said Student Trustee Kailei Higginson. “It’s the right thing to do for the college, for students.”

Auraria Campus Objectivist Club presents “Capitalism, the Only Moral Social System” Talk by Craig Biddle, editor of The Objective Standard, a quarterly journal of culture and politics, explores the effects of capitalism, self-interest, wealth and prosperity in today’s world 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Tivoli Turnhalle

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

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DID YOU KNOW? Morphine was named after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams. • THE METROPOLITAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • NEWS • A5

‘Healthy moves’ forced to run around Yoga program left without a regular meeting place

By Andrew Flohr-Spence spencand@mscd.edu Aurarians looking for flexibility, a healthy workout, or simply a quick de-stressing used to know where to go.

Drop in pretty much any time of day at the atrium in the St. Francis Center, and Healthy Moves, Auraria Health Center’s free yoga, pilates and belly dancing instruction, had a class to join. This fall that changed.

After six years in the atrium, Healthy Moves lost its space there and currently meets wherever it can.

While the free classes still exist, the trick now is finding them.

“We are really working hard to find a new home,” said Linda Wilkins-Pierce, preventive health and community outreach coordinator at the Auraria Health Center, and director of the Healthy Moves program. “The stability will return … we’re just going through a little rough spot.”

Auraria Higher Education Center, the folks in charge of doling out rooms, notified her office three weeks before the start of fall semester that the classes would have to move.

Working with the last-minute news, her office called around and located a patchwork of rooms.

Wilkins-Pierce said her office was looking for possible long-term locations, but that for now, most of the classes would take place in the

Auraria Events Center or the Tivoli.

The Healthy Moves web site includes weekly class location updates.

Wilkins-Pierce, who put together the program 12 years ago, said it was important the program to find a consistent meeting place. Most of the people who attend the 50-minute classes, do so when they find time free from classes or work, she said.

“They need a place they know they can always go when they get a chance,” she said.

Finding a free space at Auraria, however, is easier said than done.

Wilkins-Pierce said she understood the space problems Auraria was having and that Healthy Moves might be wandering for a while.

She said AHEC had been very nice about delivering the news and had met with her often since then to work with her on finding a solution.

She said the Auraria Events Center “really saved” Healthy Moves by giving it a temporary space but the building was cutting back its programs to do so.

One possibility talked about so far was St. Cajetan’s, but the building hosted so many special events, setting established times would probably conflict, Wilkins-Pierce said.

It’s not just about finding a regular meeting place, but finding a space big enough for the ever popular classes, she said.

New classes were added each semester to keep up with demand, and 25,000 people attended a dropin class last year, with most classes attended by 20 to 40 people. The Health Center considered the program one of their essential services

because the exercise kept people fit and improved their long-term health.

“It’s nice to have free yoga,” UCD history senior Stephanie Mitchell said.

Warming up for the noon session in the lobby of the Auraria Events Center, Mitchell said she attends yoga because it helps her deal with stress and improves her concentration for school. “It’s really a great program with great teachers and it doesn’t cost anything.”

Mitchell said she is sad that the classes had to move from the pleasant atmosphere of the atrium. She stopped attending the 10 a.m. class because it was always changing locations and now attends the noon class Tuesdays and Thursdays in the lobby of the Auraria Events Center because it’s always in the same place.

“It was annoying to have to check online everyday to see where the class was meeting,” she said.

Mitchell said the three schools should support the program more.

“There are always a lot of people and it promotes a healthy lifestyle … it deserves its own place.”

Pat Hansen, one of the Healthy Moves yoga teachers for more than a decade, said she didn’t worry so much about the change.

She misses the atrium, too, but remembers the time before the location, when the classes where held all around campus.

“I remember when we had classes 12 years ago up in the tower of the Tivoli … wherever we could,” Hansen said. She said she was sure they’d find a new place eventually. “We miss St. Francis, but yogis are flexible.”

Yoga instructor Pat Hansen helps student Sue Stephen hold a pose during a Sept. 15 Healthy Moves class in the lobby at the Auraria Events Center. Healthy Moves is a fitness program designed

by Auraria Health Center to offer a variety of classes, which are free for students. Photo by Jamie Cotten • jcotten1@mscd.edu

Auraria finds hope in commemorating national tragedy Campus concert embraced concept of freedom

By April Zemyan azemyan@mscd.edu Audience members recently gathered in Ninth Street Historical Park to pay respect to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, and embrace their own freedom.

Many people brought picnics and lawn chairs to watch and listen to the “Sharing the Freedom” concert as they were reminded not only of the tragic events but hope for the future.

The event opened with Metro’s 1 O’Clock Jazz Combo; Metro President Stephen Jordan and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper spoke prior to the concert as well.

The concert featured the context of two historical events, commemorating the pain and triumph of both Sept. 11 and World War II. For composer Chie Imaizumi and Falconaires bandleader Master Sgt. Scott Crump, the event was about

Master Sgt. Mark S. Israel, trumpeter with the Air Force Falconaires, warms up before the remembrance concert Sept. 11 in the Ninth Street Historic Park at Auraria. Photo by Adriana Carlson •

acarls15@mscd.edu

bringing together two countries that once fought in a war. Crump said the band was excited to play for the heroes that died but also to share the music with a Japanese composer.

“The whole event tied in with different nationalities,” Crump said.

When Imaizumi was asked to write a piece for the Falconaires to

play at the Monterey Jazz Festival, she said she looked back and thought of all the stories her grandmother told her.

Imaizumi said she grew up in Japan and when remembering her grandmother’s stories of World War II, she realized how far the nations have come.

Both Imaizumi and Crump said they recognize the revolution both countries have gone through to make this event possible.

“Only 60 years later, Japan and the Air Force are working together,” Imaizumi said.

The concert, named “Sharing the Freedom” after the piece Imaizumi wrote, was brought to Metro to help remind people of the history of the United States. Since this is the first year Sept. 11 has been recognized as a national day of service and remembrance, Metro Political Science Professor Norman Provizer said he thought it was appropriate to have the Air Force Academy band and a Japanese composer together at Metro.

“One thing that emerges in Sept.

11 is the importance of freedom,” Provizer said.

Provizer and Imaizumi have known each other for years and when Imaizumi approached him with the idea of a concert, Provizer said he thought this was the perfect day to have the event.

The 18 members of the Fal-

conaires traveled from Colorado Springs for the event. When asked why they chose Denver to play, both Crump and Imaizumi agreed that it was the best place for the concert.

Imaizumi said when she composes and performs in front of an audience she looks forward to seeing the people’s feelings and emotions.

“She is a very emotional musician,” Crump said.

Provizer said while the music takes a different angle than most remembrance events, it fits well with the meaning of the day.

“Music is a powerful messenger,” Provizer said.

The concert was sponsored by Jeppesen Aircraft Company, the Japanese Foundation, Domo Restaurant and Auraria.

As for next year, both Provizer and Crump said they would like to work together again but there are no set plans. Provizer said he wants to remind everyone of the importance of looking forward.

“While we remember the past we should hope for the future,” Provizer said.

Metro scraps information kiosks

DID YOU KNOW? Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself. • THE METROPOLITAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • NEWS • A7

College pulls plug on five outdated computer stations

By Ben Wiebesiek wiebesib@mscd.edu

After more than a decade of issuing transcripts, schedules and campus maps, Ask Rowdy received a printout of its own: a pink slip.

The Division of Information Technology decommissioned the five information kiosks around campus Sept. 10 because of outdated technology and a lack of vendor support for the machines. But at a time when record enrollment is straining campus services, even the over-the-hill blue computers will be missed.

“This semester is packed,” said Yeng Vang, who has worked in the Metro computer labs for a year.

Students looking to quickly print out a class schedule in the labs before classes begin often encounter a wait for an open station, Vang said.

“In the first couple of weeks, the

average wait was between five and ten minutes just to get on a computer,” Vang said. “You can tell there is a big change in enrollment. Most of the time I just try to squeeze students into one of the side computer labs so they can get in and out.”

According to a statement from IT User Services, computer stations in the hallway of Central Classroom will remain operational this semester.

But for Peer Advisor Brandt Fitch, this news hardly offsets the missing kiosks.

“That’s just ridiculous,” Brandt said. The Academic Advising office he works in relies on the Ask Rowdy kiosks to get students the information they need quickly and efficiently, he said.

“People who don’t know where the classrooms are, or how to drop classes, or any of the other reasons they go to Ask Rowdy, will not be able to just slip into a computer lab,” Brandt said. “If IT wants to take out those computers, we’ll just send students to IT to deal with them.”

Carl Powell, vice president for IT,

believes that the expanded E.den will help meet the demands of students looking for a quick place to access MetroConnect.

“We’ve expanded the number and size of our computer labs,” Powell said. “The E.den seats 80 students on both Apple computers and Windows-based systems, which is roughly double the capacity of the previous location of the E.den.”

The kiosks were also not suited for the computer needs of today’s internet-savvy student body, he said.

“There might have been a time when the “Ask Rowdy” kiosks were vital for the needs of the students,” Powell said. “But now they are obsolete and it’s not just the computer systems themselves. The software we have restricts students to just the Metro sites, which might have made sense five years ago, when you didn’t have as many computers on campus and people didn’t have internet access on their personal devices.”

For Randy Wicker, Metro Computer Setup/IT Projects, Metro couldn’t reasonably justify the money and the time necessary to care for

the aging kiosks.

“With everyone tightening their belts this year, “Ask Rowdy” just wasn’t resource- valuable anymore,” Wicker said.

Metro will return all hardware inside the kiosks — the CPU, the flatpanel monitor and the printer — to the Colorado state government, Wicker said.

“After the hard-drive is wiped, everything is given back to state surplus,” he said. “Since we’re a state institution, these computers ultimately belong to the state.”

Although the machinery inside can’t be re-used, Director of User Services Camille Fangue said the kiosks still have an asset that can be reused for the college: the name, Rowdy.

“Several programs at Metro have a component in the courses where students have to create a web site,” Fangue said. “Based on faculty feedback, the server for these web sites was changed this semester from CLEM to Rowdy. That server being called Rowdy and the kiosks being called Rowdy would be confusing for students.”

For some students, pulling the plug on the outdated technology is overdue.

Senior Kat Jerde has used the kiosks ever since she started at Metro in 2000, but only for limited tasks.

“They’re very old-school,” Jerde said. “I definitely remember them as a way mainly to just print out my schedule in the Tivoli to go get my bus sticker.”

METRO COMPUTER LAB LOCATIONS • Tivoli 225 ­— “E.den” • Arts Building 277 • King Center 317 • Plaza Building 246 • Plaza Building 307 • Science Building 124 • South Classroom103 • West Classroom 243 • West Classroom 244 • Seventh Street Building 119

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What do you think about the availability of workstations in the Metro computer labs?

“The one in the Tivoli is usually packed. I just went to the one in the West Classroom for a test and that was pretty nice.”

Eric Robinson – Metro Junior

“In the one in the West Classroom which has three little labs, the middle one is always packed and there are two on one side and one on the other side are kind of empty.”

Eden Soloman – Metro Freshman

“Usually, when I go in the labs, I’m pretty happy with what’s available.

I spend a lot of time on campus at non-normal hours, so I’m there later in the night and earlier in the morning when not many people are there.

So I don’t really have to deal with the rush hour.”

Tabor Henderson – Metro Junior

“They close too early. There are classes that don’t get out until 9:45 p.m., so it’s kind of impossible to get in after that. The one in the Tivoli is always packed.”

Alicia Thomas – Metro Sophomore

“I think the labs are pretty good. I usually use them to just print out stuff. But this year I’ve noticed there’s usually a five-minute wait, if that, because there is almost always an open computer.”

Grant Martin – Metro Sophomore

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A8 • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN

INSIGHT

“I had butterflies until I got my first touch on the ball, then I got my first goal and then another — it was great!”

— Women's soccer forward ANNIE AUSTEN ON A11

THE POINT: U.S. TRANSPLANT OF FOREIGN NATIONAL A GOOD WAR STORY

Support for Iraqi man heartwarming

My thoughts are shaky but occupied considerably tonight, and there is really no way of alleviating this trouble from my life at the present time. I face about seventeen urgent dilemmas ranging from deadlines to finance to immigrants who need food and a place to live, back to finance and, finally, back to this god-awful deadline I need to meet.

But I do have an interesting story to tell, for those of you who take the time to properly consider it.

It started with blood and gunfire in Baghdad, Iraq. It concerns a man who, until recently, was a translator for the U.S. military; an uncommon job that offers little in the way of personal or financial protection. And when the translator’s nationality is something other than American, the prevailing philosophy is that there is really no reason to pay them any more than they are willing to work for; which is typically a very small amount of money.

As the story goes, this man, who shall remain nameless, came under fire, quite literally, after his occupa-

JIMMIE BRALEY jbraley@mscd.edu tion and identity were revealed to the opposition. A “hit” was put out for him and his entire family. This quickly resulted in the death of one of his family members and a string of other violent encounters. His circumstances went south very quickly and, needless to say, the healthiest course of action for this man was to abandon his home and haul his entire family to the United States. Here, at the very least, they would probably not be hunted. Incidentally, a Colorado State Representative serving in Iraq knew this man and flexed his political muscle to expedite the

process. For most people, it can take years.

It made sense, when I first heard it, and it was tragically typical of the hardships facing thousands of people trying to enter the United States.

There are brown spots on the elegant fabric of our communities and, for the most part, we are quite unwilling to look at them, choosing instead to pretend as though they weren’t there. People of many different backgrounds make up the unsightly shades of brown, each of them with the right to live by their own definition of happiness, but many without the means to do so; people who need real assistance from a nation that has taken so much.

Support for the man from Iraq was substantial. He has had personal chauffeurs, received a lot of free clothing, free food and free rent. He has had people find him work and schools for his children and show every bit of love and support that the American spirit is, for the most part, unjustifiably famous for.

And it is truly a wonderful thing.

It has been humbling to watch a community come together so readily for a family so deserving of support.

Indeed, there is no question about the service this man has provided, probably having saved more than one American life by translating useful wartime information. There are families in this country who might owe him a debt that will never be clearly defined.

But we should consider the circumstances. It is not often that a foreign national, or really an immigrant of any position, is offered so much. It is, in fact, utterly unheard of and often taboo, especially when we consider that the vast majority of the support for this family has come directly from the district which voted people like Tom Tancredo into a position of power.

Clearly, it has a lot to do with this man’s occupation and the prevailing notion that patriotism is only inherent in boisterous support for military-related endeavors. The fact that his immediate evacuation to the United States was sponsored by a pol-

itician certainly brought many out of their self-indulged considerations, if only to have their name and deeds repeated.

But why, if this family can receive so much from even the most unlikely of sources, are the immigrants who come to our nation so often left by the wayside to wallow in poverty and abandonment, and so commonly associated with drug dealers or terrorism or some other hyperbolically charged tagline meant to create suspicion and doubt? Indeed, while a smile is brought to my face by the little Iraqi girl whose eyes light up at the sight of her new winter coat, I know that a family I could not help yesterday will spend tonight on the street.

My thoughts are careworn tonight as I sit here at the keyboard.

Visions of one man eating heartily while another, a poor woman who never got involved with any war, sleeps under a bridge, her children hungry and her life in shambles.

Meanwhile, I have a cup of coffee and a deadline.

THE POINT: METRO HAS OPTIONS TOO

Take advantage of your rights: travel abroad There is a certain dignity about living in the United States. Don’t get me wrong, this is not a subversive ranting of a bleeding heart Liberal who “hates” America. But seriously, we have embodied, for better or worse, the ideals of the whole of the Western tradition. A tradition based on the idea of natural rights that are inalienable and only infringed upon by tyrants and despots. We are free to travel without restriction, to speak out against what we wish and to pursue or own version of happiness — whether that is the happiness of money or the happiness of friends and family.

It is these guarantees, enshrined in law, that allow the dignities afforded to those who cherish them. It also allows for the pursuit of self, and the promotion of self over others. A confounding dilemma that threatens to make irreparable the divisions among ourselves.

I am a political science major, who will be graduating soon, so naturally I have been thinking about the discussions of topics that have occurred in my classes recently.

COLIN SEGER cseger@mscd.edu Sometimes, especially in political science classes, the exchanges can be quite impassioned and full of deeply held beliefs. Often, the debate is wellreasoned and insightful and is almost always respectful.

Recently, with many important international organizational meetings are approaching, the topics have centered around globalization and the role of the United States around the world. Dignity, as provided by the aforementioned principles of natural rights, is something we have as United States citizens, but it is not transferable to other cultures when trying to understand them. Though we see

other nations and believe they are as autonomous and like-minded as the United States, it is often not the case.

Many foreign nations, outside North America and Europe, do not always have a solid connection to natural rights and human rights. This is why you hear of human rights violations or violence at alarming rates in countries located mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.

It is also why it is so disheartening that America lost its standing as the human rights champion — by detaining without trial countless noncombatants at Guantanamo — and its status as a beacon of hope for all those who struggle against tyranny.

It seems to me that missing from many of the recent discussions I have heard is any knowledge of what it might be like to live elsewhere in this world. It is easy to sit in the relatively safe confines of college and think about how hard it must be to find a job after graduation. But at least there are jobs, and at least your basic education was simple to attain and relatively comprehensive. It is much easier to be able to be successful with

the building blocks that are set out even in our school system that attracts so much derision and controversy.

“Why the hell should I care?” you may ask. As a student at Metro, in a land-locked state bordered by corn fields and desert, why should you care about international politics? The reason you should care is that you can do something the State Department and the whole of the diplomatic corps cannot do. You can carry the message of personal relationships to other nations.

The world, like it or not, is getting smaller and, increasingly, smaller players are making a big impact. As the eighth anniversary of 9/11 came and went this distinction should become clear in the remembrance of those fallen and the pain and sorrow that was inflicted on this country. Increasingly non-state actors and people with a grudge and a little money can severely disrupt the quality of life for many.

That is why you should care. Because no nation on Earth is so situated that it can spread the promise of

democracy and — more importantly — education to the rest of the world.

It is that important, and it is that needed.

There are a few things you can do today or in the near future. Go to the study abroad office in the Central Classroom 206 and go somewhere.

Every week, and nearly every day, there is an event on campus having to do with international affairs. Go to the Student activities web site and attend an event.

Coming up are several events that the Political Science Association — full disclosure: I am the treasurer for the student group — is putting on in coordination with several other student groups.

On Sept. 24th, there will be a panel discussion about the G-20 industrialized nations meeting in Pittsburgh.

On Oct. 27, the PSA along with the United Nations Association, will be celebrating UN day from 4-7 PM in St. Cajetan’s.

Come and be a global citizen and help to do good in the world.

Time columnist talks with the Met Joel Stein really wants you to like him.

Well, why shouldn’t you? He is funny, witty, and doesn’t think you have any interest in reading about him. Just don’t ask the 38-year-old about being a World War II veteran. It’s a painful subject.

Interview by Julie Maas pretko@mscd.edu Illustration by Kathleen Jewby kjewby@mscd.edu

How did you get hired at Time?

I got hired at Time because there was a new young editor there that pointed out that they hadn’t hired any young people in about 14 years, and he was right.

My first assignment was that I had to find the best video game player in the world and I was freaking out.

I even pulled over at a gas station and told a lady I just needed to talk to someone. She told me I could do it and tried to make me feel better.

Why not?

Well, I was happy with what I was doing at Time Out New York.. Then I figured I would get a book deal so I should do it.

When you started working for Time you thought you would get a book deal?

Oh yeah. I figured it was a good career move. I thought it was the next step. Then a year later they gave me my column.

That’s crazy!

It is crazy! I had continued writing for Time Out New York because I figured no one was reading it and my editor at Time read it and said, “why don’t you do this for us?” I was shocked, especially because I wasn’t supposed to be freelancing at the time. You know, I can’t really tell anyone how to go about finding the jobs that I have found or give any advice as far as what I have lived. It’s largely by luck and accident. I don’t think I could reproduce my career if you asked me to.

Especially now, everything is so different with blogging and the web.

Do you have a favorite piece that you have done?

I’m sure I do. But I think the thing I am most proud of is the Millennium Issue for Time.

There were three or four different correspondents for that and I had to pull it all together at 7 a.m. and had to have it done by 10 a.m. I’m pretty proud of that.

Do you have a preference between writing your column or writing articles?

I can say that I got into this to write a column before I started reporting and realized I enjoyed that as well. I think that would have to be the answer because there is still some reporting that goes into the column so I get both there.

Who are your heroes?

Like Faulkner and Virginia Woolfe? That’s hard, who are your heroes? I might steal yours.

What if I said you were one of my heroes? You can’t really steal it then.

That would be the first one I would steal. I can think of a lot of comedy guys. I read a lot of Steve Barry.

Have you always wanted to do humor writing?

I think so, yeah. Even back in high school I read Spy all the time. It wasn’t even my demographic. I just thought it was brilliant. I referenced Michael Ovitz a lot.

I didn’t really know anything about him but since Spy did it I had to. I was really obsessed with Spy. I remember in college this really popular guy started writing a humor column and everyone thought he was so cool. I thought, “hey, I can do that. Maybe if I do that then it might make girls like me. It might make everyone like me.” It’s pretty sad actually.

Oh, I think everyone wants people to like them.

My wife doesn’t. I think it’s a skill.

Do you have a list of people you want to interview, or do you have a dream interview?

Not really. You know, meeting your heroes isn’t always a great call because they can’t always live up to your expectations. I mean, to me, John Cusack wasn’t John Cusack. It was different. He was a nice guy but he wasn’t what I had envisioned. Very few people have lived up to my expectations. Neil Patrick Harris was really cool and totally lived up to my expectations. But, first of all, that’s weird. Second of all, I didn’t have very high expectations for him because I wasn’t that into him. I think the people I would dream of interviewing are the people who never do interviews like J.D. Salinger. You want to interview the people who are more of a mystery to you.

You taught a course on humor writing at Princeton, do you think that type of course is necessary to be a humor writer in journalism?

That was a really fun class to be part of.

It really is just a writing course though. People don’t walk out as humor writers. I think to do humor writing, you just need pencil and paper. I never took any journalism courses, my school didn’t really offer it. I majored in English.

It’s kind of scary that I never took a journalism class but they had me teach one.

Metro{spective}

Was working for Martha Stewart your first step into journalism?

Actually, it was the first time I got paid after college.

I had one internship at the Pat in California and one at Newsweek. That was my only hope that I wasn’t going to be a lawyer. The editor at Newsweek ended up working for Martha Stewart. I had three interviews and two of them told me that I didn’t want the job. I didn’t know if that meant they didn’t want to hire me or if the jobs just sucked. Honestly, I took the job at Martha Stewart because the editor was hot. Not a great reason to take a job.

I went back to my hotel and finished it then they offered me a job. To be honest, I wasn’t 100 percent psyched about it.

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Is there a show on VH1 that you won’t do?

No. I will do anything if they paid me. A friend of mine had someone tell me that he didn’t like me because I didn’t have a “brand,” because I will do anything.

Well, that is my brand. I will do anything.

Is there anything that people don’t know about you that they should?

That I am a World War II vet. But I don’t like to talk about it. Too many bad memories.

Julie Vitkovskaya Features Editor uvitkovs@mscd.edu

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B2• FEATURES • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN

12 p.m. Sun. The Know 3 p.m. Sun. The Andy Hilton Show 9 a.m. Mon. — Fri. Morning Mix 11 a.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., Suicide Sunglasses 11 a.m. Tue., Thurs.

Classic Rock 1 p.m. Mon., Wed. The Undercurrent 2 p.m. Tue. Dark Side of the Tune 2 p.m. Thurs.

Winds from the Front Range 3 p.m. Mon., Wed. Thrash Time 3 p.m. Tue., Thurs., Fri. Sports 4 p.m. Mon. — Fri. Emerald City Mix Show 6 p.m. Mon., Wed. Underground Hip-Hop 10 p.m. Mon., Wed. Techno/Electronica

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Meet your representatives Part 2 The Senate

Rachel Zamboras Senator Double major in English and theater Years at Metro: 5 E-mail: rzambora@mscd.edu

As a senator, what is the biggest problem facing Metro today?

I’d say our lack of a cohesive student body when it comes to trying to get things done. I know it’s a problem when people treat this as a commuter campus. It’s really hard to feel like we can get anything done when it’s very, very hard to get a student voice behind us, and make sure we have the bodies and the presence.

What are some of the ways that

SGA is trying to change that?

One of the things we were having this year (is) our P.R. director. One of her associate positions is also a volunteer coordinator, so we’re hoping that we’ll have more of an influence in finding the right places that people are willing to commit the time and really understand that it doesn’t really take much to get your voice out there.

In recent politics, [President Barack] Obama was really, really adamant on the fact that people knew that little $5 dollar donations from an everyday person helped get him elected. People think that they have to make some big show of effort and they really don’t. Just trying to reach out in different ways… and find different

ways to market our value and what we can do for other people.

What will you be doing new this year to help the SGA? Compared to the responsibilities that I had last year, there’s a lot less work to be done and … there’s a lot more intellectual level of research and a lot more in-depth looking at where the problems are and how to fix them.

In terms of what I’m doing, it’s definitely a lot less working handson with things and more planning, which I like. I can plan things and help people get them done.

Oh, absolutely. Last year … we would see something that needed a solution, and then figure out that solution, and then have to turn around and realize we have to do it ourselves.

Sometimes, that would create problems because, it felt like, if you knew that you would be the person that that task would fall to, it would become apparent that some people would be less willing to point out problems because they were concerned about having to devote additional time. Where now, we have people that that is their main goal — is working with us to change things. I’m really hoping it will make us feel a lot more effective.

Would you say that you agree with the new restructuring of the SGA?

Sigma Sigma Sigma

Joseph Gerlick

Senator Major: English Writing, history minor Years at Metro: 2 E-mail: jgerlick@mscd.edu

By Ashley Moreland amorela@mscd.edu

Sigma Sigma Sigma (Tri-Sigma) is a social and service sorority that strives to have high standards of excellence in friendship, scholarship and community service.

In 2004 Tri-Sigma became Metro’s first national sorority. They do sisterhood events such as bowling, movie nights and sleepovers.

The sorority is active with the Children’s Hospital and highway clean-up. They also participate in the Race for the Cure and the Jingle Bell Run. Tri-Sigma use what is called Continuous Open Recruitment. They have several informational meetings and themed nights to help potential members get to know the sorority and vice versa.

A woman must be a Metro student with a GPA of 2.6 or higher to join.

However, the sorority does not check high school and transfer GPAs. “Any woman could be Tri-Sigma material,” said Mairi Risner, Tri-Sigma’s president. “We do not recruit members based off of just their looks. We just hope that every woman is interested in what we do, and want to be apart of our sisterhood. Being in a sorority is not just for one day. It’s a lifetime commitment, and we take that in account.”

For more information, contact Sarah Deering at sarahmderring@hotmail. com

Interviews by Julie Vitkovskaya uvitkovs@mscd.edu

How will you be more accessible to students?

Well one way, I’m on campus Monday through Friday — I’m always here. I want to talk to students in my classrooms a lot more. As a part of Metrosphere, I’m going to be visiting classes and start that communication with professors.

One of my poetry professors stood me up in front of the class and said, “everyone, he’s running for a senator, ask him questions.” So she made me stand up and answer questions for the whole class for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Richmond Boayke, Rachel Zamboras and Joseph Gerlick Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu

Richmond Boakye Senator Major: Computer Science Years at Metro: 2 E-mail: rboakye@mscd.edu

In your opinion, what is the biggest problem facing Metro today?

One of the problems that I often see is the cause of the structure and the capitol’s want to extend their services and the classroom space.

I will use the Science Building as an example — migration and the moving makes it kind of difficult for the instructors and it’s difficult for the students to adapt. And, I think that Metro is moving on to a new phase where it’s in the process of solving that problem.

That is a big issue for students right now. Also, a big problem that I’ve seen so far being a part of the SGA is how students get involved with the student government. They know the money is there but they don’t know the use of it. They don’t know what it is all about.

They think it is just like an organization. So, they think that since every student is a member of the SGA they should be actively involved and they should be able to present their views. Parking is also a problem and it’s too expensive for students.

How can you be more accessible to the students?

I feel like especially with the senators, since we are the representative body for the students, we should approach students. SGA is more like laidback, that’s what the problem is. Students want us to approach students’ needs.

I think we should go classroom to classroom, we should put it on the syllabus and make sure that you know that we know everything that needs to be addressed. We should approach students more.

Right now, the senators are senators, you know? We don’t do much because of the new structure — we are trying to test right now. The senators are confined to just make the decisions.

Just, like, to pass bills and sit down and make decisions. What the executive branch does is most of the student affairs and student relations.

So, my vision, I want to encourage all of the senators to step out and to do more and approach students.

And I see that students see the representatives of this institute (and) I know that, because they approach me.

What is something that you’re doing different with the senator position?

The biggest thing is getting more students’ input.

One of the last senate meetings, a student came to us with questions about the mandatory health insurance and that got a lot of things moving.

We had one of our directors, Alex Gomez, do research on the health care system. One thing, being out there, you’re really saying, “we’re student government, we are here for you.”

How would you respond to the criticism that you didn’t put your best foot forward during Fall Fest?

This is very true. Before Fall Fest, there wasn’t any clear notification that these are the times that we need people. As a senator, I had no idea that we even had a table.

I walked by it and I didn’t even know that we had a table. I kept coming back and then I finally saw Tess (Halonen), our P.R. representative that was there quite a bit. I would say there wasn’t enough press for that. So, I think that could have been organized a lot better.

In your opinion, what is the biggest problem facing Metro today?

I would say the budget. I know that’s not a problem that’s going to be going away. There’s already a talk about big budget cuts next year. The thing that Metro is about is having an affordable college experience for students. If we don’t have that, then what are we anymore? If you can’t guarantee that students are going to be able to go to college at an affordable rate, then what are we doing at Metro?

THE METROPOLITAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • FEATURES • B3

River North district revamped

RiNo numbers 51

Galleries, Studios and Design Firms

7

Architecture and Planning Firms

4

Real Estate Companies

6

Places to Eat Visual artist Jeff Richards carefully places pieces of art in preparation for festivities Sept. 11 at a River North Art District block party hosted at The Walnut Room. Photo by Chancey Bush • cbush7@mscd.edu Julie Vitkovskaya uvitkovs@mscd.edu Nineteen years ago, the River North community looked a lot different than it does today.

Two decades is a long time for anything to change — enough to see a child grow into an adult. RiNo, as it’s commonly called, the area just north of downtown Denver, has flourished into a neighborhood of a variety of art studios, restaurants and developing real estate.

“When we got there, it was trains, tumbleweeds, coyotes and rabbits,” said Sharon Brown, a co-owner of The Pattern Shop Studios in the RiNo neighborhood.

“And hobos,” Rex Brown added, laughing.

No one was a better witness to the changing atmosphere than the Browns when they officially opened their space to the public in 1991. The artists saw the rise of the district from industryfocused area to burgeoning melting pot of creative folk.

Surrounded by junkyard dogs, slow traffic and steel foundries, the Browns purchased the building because of its size. It was spacious enough for Sharon Brown to paint and a getaway for both to live.

“It’s this live-work combination that I think is so special about RiNo,” Sharon Brown said.

This year, RiNo held its first block party for the community in The Walnut Room Sept. 11.

“We felt our block party would be a great way to get people out to the area and see what is going on in the neighborhood,” The Walnut Room’s marketing manager Chris Vetrano said in an e—mail.

Five years ago, The Walnut Room began as Down Structure Studios — an intimate setting for artists to rehearse.

It immediately took off and was booked for years in advance, Vetrano said.

The owner of The Walnut Room, John Burr, took his love for Chicago — more specifically, his love of thin—crust pizza — and added a restaurant, bar

and a live music venue.

“The location kind of picked itself,” Vetrano said. “It’s kind of off the beaten path. There wasn’t anything there for the first six years.”

Vetrano said the party was meant to draw awareness to the neighborhood that’s just “starting to get its legs.” The Walnut Room partnered with developer Urban Ventures LLC, art gallery Soundstructure Studios and neighborhood organization RiNo Neighbors. In addition, all of the proceeds from the event will go to Youth Biz — a neighborhood nonprofit focused on helping teenagers advance in business and academic leadership.

RiNo Neighbors, started in 2005 as both a sponsor as well as an organization focused on the overseeing the growth of the community, . As it began to expand, the organization went quickly from eight to 50 members.

It wasn’t long before developers caught on to a niche district and began to build lofts. To keep the personality intact, RiNo Neighbors set voluntary

guidelines for each developer hoping to jump on board. They include things like creating artist space, providing a stipend when exhibiting artists and encouraging neighbors to buy locally.

Tracy Weil, a RiNo Neighbors consultant, plans to see more changes in the neighborhood from developers as well as from the upcoming Light Rail station that will be built at 38th and Washington around 2015.

The RiNo neighborhood combined its resources with the Upper Larimer Neighborhood Association for a more tightly—knit community.

Yet there are distinct differences that set the RiNo district apart from other developing Denver areas, especially LoDo. “About 50 percent [of artists] own their own space. Our goal is to get them to be able to dig in and make a long term… change for the area and keep that personality,” Weil said.

The motto for RiNo is, “Where art is made,” but you won’t really get it unless you take a walk on the raw gravel that outlines the buildings or stand outside of any galleries soaking in the atmosphere.

Silk-screening focus behind indie film

By Katie Kwiatkoski kkwiatko@mscd.edu

First appearing at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival, Eileen Yaghoobian’s brain child “Died Young, Stayed Pretty” presents a feature-length film documenting the New Age shock revolution of rock posters. Yaghoobian interviews a variety of silk-screening gurus from various backgrounds, revealing the inspirations and expressions conveyed through these offbeat collages.

The “cultural artifacts” presented most often resemble the familiar look of Andy Warhol’s pop images with the crazy, sexy, drug-infested twists from rock and roll.

The designs can vary from simple and indiscriminate to elaborate and multidimensional; from recognizable to freakish. Headliners employing such media included Pearl Jam, Nirvana, The Flaming Lips and Ween, along with many more underground players,

including comedians and activists.

The film explores the symbolism of this new wave advertising and how, ultimately, these artists have become revolutionaries on the forefront of a generation, more than wanting to give a big, fat finger to societal norms.

Not for the easily offended, “Died Young, Stayed Pretty” emphasizes the importance of bringing a new sense of edge and shock to the rock world, no holds barred, in an attempt to keep the industry moving

rather than bringing it to a grinding stop. Brilliantly directed, the cinematography effectively captures the artistry of the film by framing somewhat boring and uncoordinated interviews in abstract lights and backgrounds to enhance the depth and fun of the topic.

Be aware — as is true with any documentary, there are portions of the film that drag and drone, but persevere. To all of you “beat of your own drum” types out there, this is a must—see for inspiration and idealistic reinforcement. It could’ve been shorter, it could’ve been funnier…but in the true spirit of the film: who the hell cares what I think?

Died Young, Stayed Pretty 7 p.m., Sept. 17 Starz Film Center w/ Director Eileen Yaghoobian In-Person

Repelling nature TechBytes

By Drew Jaynes ajaynes1@mscd.edu A mountain-dwelling friend of mine regaled me the other day with a tale of an adventurous black bear rummaging through the trash outside her bedroom window in the middle of the night.

After a bout of yelling and banging on the window in a failed attempt to scare the scavenger away, her upstairs neighbor awoke to the ruckus.

Upon seeing the bear and realizing her neighbor’s plight, the neighbor produced some bear-repelling noise device which proved successful in driving off the beast.

I was immediately intrigued. A quick search online yielded an array of sprays, granules, powders and other organic solutions. I was after the gadgets, so I dug a little deeper.

Upon further investigation, I discovered several companies pitching pepper spray solutions for warding off all kinds of animals like mountain lions, bears and even Sasquatch.

I also discovered all manner of noise emitters and sprinkler devices that are activated via motion-detection technologies.

The greatest and occasionally downright creepy class of repellents, however, has got to be the animal look—alike category. For keeping fowl and small rodents at bay, you might opt to use the owl statue with the rotating head. The motion itself should at the very least keep flying or skittering pests wary of staying in the area.

But let’s assume you have more of a general wildlife problem. You may need to bring in the big guns — the Swamp Eyes Solar Alligator. This product, which is offered by Sundance Solar, is the ultimate creepy look—alike animal (and human) repellent. It looks like an alligator head and floats in your lake, pond or puddle.

But wait, there’s more. LED lights built into the eyes glow all night long.

During the day, a small internal battery charges via solar power, and at night, the eyes light up, giving the illusion of light glinting off of a true pair of gator eyes.

I’m not sure how effective an alligator head would be for warding off bears, especially as there are no ponds, lakes or puddles anywhere near my buddy’s mountain house.

What I am certain of, however, is that there is a virtual smorgasbord of repellents available to all kinds of people for all kinds of wildlife problems.

The only advice I can offer is this: If you’ve got a bear on your porch, you have the right to bear arms, two of them if you’re feeling lucky.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • METROSPECITVE • B5

THE METROPOLITAN

Reversing the sting of pesticides A honeybee hive collects 66 pounds of pollen per year.

Marygael Meister poses for a picture inside an old shed where a swarm of honey bees took refuge after leaving a hive they had been set up in. Meister eventually got the bees back into the pre—built hive by capturing the queen bee and returning her.

The average pollination trip sees a honeybee through 50 — 100 flowers.

TOP: John Jones examines one of his frames of honeycomb, checking for honey left inside the beeswax. This frame can be reused, after a run through the extractor, and is easier on the bees who would otherwise have to rebuild the beeswax structure.

LEFT: Honey drips out of a spigot as frames of honeycomb rapidly spin inside an extractor. This honey, made by John Jones’ bees, has a distinct mint undertone, due to the pollen and nectar collected from nearby mint plants.

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Story by Rochelle Smolinski rsmolins@mscd.edu Photos by Daniel Clements dcleme12@mscd.edu

t’s a beautiful spring day. The sun is shining, the air is crisp, and the world is green as the winter months recede to a distant memory in favor of warmth and color. A breeze rustles through the flourishing trees and splashes of vibrant colors surround the gnarls of trunk bark.

The flowers are in bloom. Tulips, irises, daffodils, bleeding hearts, and primroses have all opened their faces to the blue sky to eagerly receive the sunlight and their buzzing companions, the honeybees.

If your first instinct is to swat the buzzing, stinging menace, you might think again.If honeybees die — so will we.Honeybees are an integral part of agriculture. They are the principal pollinators for human food supply. And honeybees are disappearing. Mites, diseases, insecticides, and urbanization are all afflictions of the honeybee, but perhaps most dangerous of all is Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).

One in three colonies have mysteriously left their hive and died over the past three years because of this disorder, and no one knows what is causing it.

More than 35 states across the continental U.S., Belgium, France, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Spain, and two provinces in Canada have reported symptoms of CCD. Several causes for CCD have come into debate, including; varroa mites, viruses, chemical exposure, urbanization and lack of nutrition.

Susan Cobey, a bee breeder and geneticist who leads the bee breeding program at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Biology Research Facility at U.C. Davis, is a lover of the outdoors, nature and especially her bees.

“Colony Collapse Disorder appears to be a complex issue,” Cobey said. “Similar situations have been experienced in the past. CCD may be a combination of mites, pathogens, chemicals, nutrition, and poor genetic diversity, Overall, I think it is stress caused by the combination of these factors.”

Cobey believes that by controlling the genetics of the honeybee, the insects can grow stronger, more durable and be able to survive such pests as Varroa Mites.

Varroa mites are brown parasitic cousins of ticks that have fed exclusively on honeybees since they were accidentally introduced to the United States in 1987, as documented by the Florida Department of Agriculture. The mites attach themselves to honeybee larvae and suck the blood of the developing bee, which leaves open wounds vulnerable to infections and the hive often dies.

Honeybees are also susceptible to bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases. A virus known as the Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) is also highly associated with CCD and has been discovered in nearly every hive that has suffered CCD, said the Agricultural Research Service. Varroa mites are carriers of the virus. Named for the location where the virus was identified in 2004, researchers are unsure where the virus originated. Bees infected with IAPV showed symptoms of shivering wings, paralysis, and eventual death outside the hive.

According to a study from the University of Nebraska, Forty five types of fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides. Herbicides have been detected in CCDaffected hives. The chemicals quarantine pests but insects that pollinate also extract a portion.

Urbanization has also cut into honeybee productivity. As deforestation creates less nectar and pollen for bees to forage, the insects are unable to sustain themselves.

But some urbanites are fighting back to help the insects. Marygael Meister, creator of denverbee.org and the Denver Beekeepers Association, has such a passion for honeybees that it has led her to the Denver City Council to pass an ordinance allowing people to keep bees in urban areas.

When Meister had received a cease and desist letter concerning her kept bees, she took the sting personally.

According to Meister’s bee-cause blog, four hours dragged by at the Nov. 17, 2008, hearing over urban beekeeping, including safety and right of use.

The vote eventually weighed in 10-2 in favor of the beekeeping ordinance.

Meister feels strongly that pesticides are a major contributor to the disease. Pesticides, insecticides, paints and BTi (titanium bromide) are all factors of the honeybee plight.

Parks in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Ore. Helena, Mont., and throughout the state of Illinois are chemical free, Meister said. Germany and Italy do not use chemicals either. Meister wonders why Denver has not gotten on board.

Meister harbors deep affections for her two hives (100,000 bees combined) and she is excited about the community of beekeepers she has come to associate with. She said the hobby is calming and enriching, for both herself and the environment.

“We need bees,” Meister said.

With so many possible ailments pushing the bees to abandon their hives and no single entity held predominantly responsible, our honey-gatherers seem doomed to fall to the wayside. As the chief insect pollinators (by 80 percent), honeybees are responsible for one-third of the world’s food supply. The American Beekeeping Federation states: “The $14.6 billion contribution made by managed honeybees comes in the form of increased yields and superior quality crops for growers and American consumers — a healthy beekeeping industry is invaluable to a healthy U.S. agricultural economy.”

Going green? Well, consider going yellow, blue, and violet too.

TOP: Honeybees crawl in and out of a hive entrance on a farm in Broomfield.

Approximately 60,000 bees inhabit one hive, with roughly 10% of those being drones and the rest workers.

BOTTOM: Marygael Meister tends to a few of her 17 hives. These three, located along with three others in Broomfield, tend to fields of alfalfa, helping with the reproduction of the plants.

Dr. Robert Berghage, an associate professor of horticulture at Penn State and bee a garden expert, recommends that people plant “honeybee friendly” gardens with plants that attract bees and do not utilize any pesticides.

“Loss of habitat and flowering plants is an important factor in the decline of pollinators,” Berghage said. “By growing bee gardens, individuals can contribute to pollinator health by providing the food sources these insects need to survive and thrive.”

For those who do not have the time or the backyard space, simply spreading the word is a service for the honeybees.

Several companies directly impacted by Colony Collapse Disorder have dedicated time and money to helping the honeybees in their crisis; Häagen Dazs, KJ Candles and Burt’s Bees Beeswax are among them. From ice cream to candles, there are many ways to help. Now is not the time to mind your own beeswax.

For every pound of honey, honeybees visit 2 million flowers and fly 55,000 miles.

Apples, raspberries, strawberries, cherries, cucumbers, plums, pears and cranberries all depend primarily on honeybees for their pollination.

B6 • AUDIOFILES • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN

SOUNDING OFF: There’s Something About BullMary

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When you listen to Wheat Ridge based classic/folk rock band BullMary, you’ll hear music that is intimately familiar, yet completely fresh, classic rocking, yet contemporarily grooving all at the same time. The six-member band, which features Paul Ewald on lead guitar, trumpet, harmonica and vocals, Matt Bradford on lead guitar, rhythm and vocals, Andrea Tadvick on lead vocals and tambourine, Zach Pierson on bass, Vic Stauffenburg on lead percussion and Nate Wilson on auxiliary percussion. It stands out not only because of its unique sound, but because of the age range between the youngest and oldest members of the band, which spans three decades.

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BullMary

• By Mark Farnik • mfarnik@mscd.edu MF: In the beginning, there was darkness… and then there was BullMary. What came in between?

BM: We plead the fifth. Next question? But seriously, all the music on the radio that we listen to affects everything that we write, and all of our original material is a reflection of that.

Several bands came in between, not to mention.

MF: So what’s up with the name BullMary? Why not, say, FishTina, GoatJane, or PlatypusPatty?

BM: The name comes from the astrological signs of the two main writers and vocalists, Paul and Matt, who started the band. Paul’s a Taurus and Matt’s a Virgo. Taurus is the bull, so you have Bull, and Virgo is the Virgin Mary, so Mary for that part. BullMary, there you go.

MF: How would you describe the group’s sound?

BM: If there was a definition for awesome, BullMary would be it. Good and groovy rock, folk, roadhouse, blues, nice thick vocals… Colorado mountain music, dude. It’s beautiful noise.

MF: Let’s talk influences. What musicians have you drawn the most inspiration from?

BM: Robert Plant, Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Del Amitri, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Older artists, newer artists, jazz, Latin, blues… how about anybody who actually tries to play?

People who play well, frankly. Just good music, we try to incorporate that. We have so many styles, and we steal from everybody, from the best of them. No one is safe!

MF: You’re known to frequently do gigs at the Little Bear Saloon in Evergreen. Why there? Is it the ambiance, the crowd, the acoustics, the history – what makes the Little Bear your venue of choice?

BM: The Little Bear is a temple of rock ‘n’ roll. Back in the ‘60s and ‘70s there was a recording studio in Evergreen called the Caribou Ranch, where a lot of phenomenal bands made absolutely genre breaking records, and they played the Little Bear, so ever since then, playing at the Little Bear, it’s just like playing in the church of rock ‘n’ roll. It’s an honor, in a way.

And the whole atmosphere of that bar in the mountain town is just awesome. We love the lingerie shopping we can do there – there are lots of bras! Plus, they ask us back.

MF: What’s up with the big age gaps in the group?

BM: The beauty is that it just works out on who can show up, who can play their parts, and who can play, is willing to play and enjoys the music we’re playing. It’s fun to bring the generations together because we all have such different musical influences.

MF: What brought you guys together and what keeps you guys together?

BM: Proximity, more than anything. We were supposed to come together, because we all met each other pretty weirdly, slowly meeting each other through different crazy ways and random occurrences. We’re musical soul mates, a musical Venn diagram.

MF: Having grown up in such different musical eras, are there ever any creative differences?

BM: It’s beautiful. What we have in common, regardless of our generations, is the music. And it doesn’t matter — the new songs we write could have been written in the ‘60s, the ‘70s… maybe not the ‘80s. But it’s about the song, it’s about the vocals and the guitars, the heartbeat of the drums and the bass, bringing out that stuff. That’s what we all agreed to do.

We don’t have any arguments, we don’t have any problems.

We’re all just trying to groove. It’s good that we’re all different ages, because we do bring different ideas to the table.

BullMary 4 p.m., Sept. 19 @ Little Bear Saloon, Evergreen $6

more upcoming shows The Ataris will be playing the Marquis Sept. 17 with This Providence, the Swellers, and Colorado locals Saving Verona and Regret Night.

It’s The Ataris first Colorado show in quite a while.

Ataris The band will be playing to promote their upcoming album The Graveyard of the Atlantic set to be released sometime this year or early next year as soon as the band finds a label.

Pop-punk band the Swellers will also be stopping by in promotion of their new album in stores Sept. 29, Ups and Downsizing. The show at the Marquis is sure to be an intimate one full of long-time Ataris fans and Denver music scenesters wanting to take in the local flavor.

• By Krista Coulter • kcoult2@mscd.edu

Ataris 6:30 p.m., Sept. 17 @ Marquis Theater $12

Rodrigo y Gabriela have been opening eyes wide and making jaws drop since the release of their 2007 selftitled album, the pair’s first crossover hit in the states. The band’s lightningfast pace and skilled precision on just two acoustic guitars has to be seen to be believed.

Fortunately, the duo will be coming Rodrigo y to the Buell Theatre Sept. 19 in support Gabriela of their new release 11:11. Rodrigo y Gabriela are making authentic rock music that should make you view the acoustic guitar in an entirely different light.

With such frenzied instrumentation and high-energy songs, it should be a blast.

• By Matt Pusatory • mpusator@mscd.edu

Rodrigo y Gabriela 8 p.m., Sept. 19 @ Buell Theatre $42

Archie Powell and The Exports are making some great pop songs. Incredibly catchy, well crafted, and just fun to listen to, it’s hard to keep your toe from tapping when listening to their free five-song EP Loose Change.

The EP starts off with the raucous “Moving To The City,” with a great guitar riff and singable lyrics, it’s a great way to get things rolling.

The title track features some jingling piano with acoustic guitar giving the song a slight country feel. It’s a highlight on this small set of songs and may have you wondering why you haven’t heard the name Archie Powell before.

“Mattson Is a Flake” adds a bit of humor to the mix. The song basically calls out a friend of the band for being, well, a flake. With lyrics like “Missed our last show for a Bucs a game, yeah you know it,” this song could bring a smile to your face while also calling to mind the former greatness of Weezer.

The EP also features a great cover of the ‘50s hit “Do You Wanna Dance,” which wraps things up on a high note.

Loose Change is a wonderful set of radio ready indie pop and it should put Archie Powell on your radar.

To Download: http://www.archiepowell.bandcamp.com

Artist: Metermaids Album: Nightlife in Illinoise Indie fans rejoice. The hip hop duo known as Metermaids from New York City have put together an EP that mixes original rhymes over beats created using songs off of Sufjan Stevens’ iconic Illinoise album. Similar to Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album, Metermaids are releasing Night Life In Illinoise absolutely free, but with the duo’s fresh lyrics, it is a little bit more original than The Grey Album.

The combination of Stevens’ joyous and eclectic instrumentation, and the heavy bass and slick rhymes provided by Metermaids, makes this EP just plain fun to listen to.

The pair have maintained the same long-winded song titles as Stevens’ with titles like “No Matter What You Will Feel The Illinoise or We Will Punch You In The Mouth,” The EP’s opening track which takes full advantage of horns and strings.

“Break Down In Chicago…” is pure energy with great drums and a chorus that will have you shouting along in no time at all.

The EP feature’s seven tracks and six instrumental versions, for a nice selection overall, and it is definitely worth a little bit of time to download it and check it out for yourself.

To Download: http://www.metermaidsnyc.com/illinoise

• By Matt Pusatory • mpusator@mscd.edu

Met’s Music Picks

BRAND NEW • DAISY

• By Ian Gassman • img2007@comcast.net

• By Krista Coulter • kcoult2@mscd.edu

MONOTONIX • WHERE WERE YOU WHEN IT HAPPENED

CHEVELLE • SCI-FI CRIMES

out of 5 YO LA TENGO • POPULAR SONGS

Never has a band moved so casually across the spectrum of modern music like Yo La Tengo. The New Jersey trio can travel through genres, instruments and other various musical elements like an old man trotting through his beloved neighborhood.

After 25 years as a band, Ira Kaplin, Georgia Hubley and James McNew are still at the prime of their musical abilities on their 16th studio album, Popular Songs. Letting the 13 expansive tracks

The debut album from Israel’s garage rock trio, Monotonix, is a 30-minute sonic punch in the mouth. Their strippeddown, relentless approach packs a lot of energy and raw enthusiasm. The music is definitely pure rock ‘n’ roll, but it can also get a little repetitive.

There are some really great heavy hitters like, “Set Me Free” and the opener “Flesh and Blood,” but there are also some low points like the six-minute, “As Noise” that is just that. The track lacks any kind of central groove and ends up being a pain to listen to.

The band has generated a lot of buzz over their live shows, and with good reason. The antics of these three hairy rock monsters is not to be missed, but unfortunately that unbridled delirium just isn’t present.

• By Matt Pusatory • mpusator@mscd.edu

This Album Changed My Life I had my first boyfriend when I was 11, and to say the least, I was a heartbreaker. I eagerly took on the role and loved to let the boys chase me. This all changed when I was 18 and had my heart torn apart by my first love when he left me for another girl. Looking for some comfort I turned to my girl, Alanis.

Alanis Morissette, I should say, and her album Jagged Little Pill. This album has been my favorite ever since it came out in 1995, when I was nine and a devious child, I was would secretly take it from mom because I wasn’t allowed to listen to the curse words.

Back to getting my heart broken — I blasted the song “You Oughta Know” and when the lyrics “And every time you speak her name/ does she know that you told me you’d hold me/ Until you died, till you died/ But you’re still alive.”

I knew that someone understood what I was going through.

The difference between Morissette’s breakup song and the other ones out there is, she is pissed. She’s not crying and singing sappy crap — she’s yelling at this jerk. When I had my heart broken, I didn’t want to waste my tears. I wanted to scream so I’d scream along with this song while ripping up his pictures. “And I’m here to remind you/ Of the mess you left when you went away/ Its not fair to deny me/ Of the cross I bare that you gave to me/You,

Chevelle goes back to the basics with their new album, Sci-Fi Crimes.

While the album may not end up a hit with mainstream listeners, true Chevelle fans will likely eat up the band’s raw sound. Sci-Fi Crimes takes elements from previous albums and could be considered a polished version of their debut, Point #1.

The all-acoustic “Highland’s Apparition” is simple, yet strong and the band’s strongest acoustic song to date.

Vocalist Pete Loeffler takes you on an emotional journey in “Shameful Metaphors,” even though his lyrics are more like subconscious ramblings, this song is the highlight of the album.

Sci-Fi Crimes may not have lived up to its pre-release hype, but overall it is a solid and unique album.

• By Ashley Moreland • amorela1@mscd.edu

• By Dacia Johnson • djohn205@mscd.edu you, you oughta know…” “It was a slap in the face/ How quickly I was replaced/ And are ya thinkin’ of me when you fuck her?”

However the most popular song on the album is “Ironic,” a typical ‘90s song. It starts out slow with an acoustic guitar, then kicks it up a notch with a variety of instruments including her signature harmonica and clever lyrics like, “It’s meeting the man of my dreams/ And then meeting his beautiful wife.”

“You Learn,” a song about the ups and downs of life can be found playing in my car at least once a week. Again, Morissette lets me know I’m not alone in the struggles of life and her witty sarcasm gives the song a twist. “I, recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone, yeah/ I, recommend walking around naked in your living room, yeah…” and “You live, you learn; you love, you learn/ You cry, you learn; you lose, you learn/ You bleed, you learn; you scream, you learn.”

Being the feminist I am, I love that I can taste the man hating that is found in all 13 songs. For example, “Right Through You” with the lyrics, “Hello Mr. Man/ You didn’t think I’d come back/ You didn’t think I’d show up with my army/ And this ammunition on my back/ Now that I’m Miss Thing/ Now that I’m a zillionaire/ You scan the credits for your name/ And wonder why it’s not there.”

I love the sound of chicks standing up for themselves; some good manhating is always welcome when I’m around. I’d like to take a moment to thank Alanis for fueling my feminist views on life. I love knowing I’m not the only one who has those love/hate/revenge feelings toward the male gender.

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sink in for their listeners.

Experimental elements carry every Yo La Tengo effort, but each band member also has a strong ear for the thematic. Since 2000, Yo La Tengo has done soundtrack work for many films, causing their sentiment toward orchestration as Popular Songs is filled with string arrangements.

Fiery organ, fuzzy bass lines, intense drums and lofty vocals combine to make expressive textures. Each anchoring themselves in upbeat pop songs like, “Periodically Double or Triple,” or shoe-gazing anthems that turn into ten-minute jams, like “More Stars Than There Are In Heaven.”

With a lo-fi aesthetic being the only barrier in Yo La Tengo’s sonic catalog, the three-piece will continue to leave their fingerprint on contemporary bands by doing everything all at once.

After sticking Brand New’s fourth studio album, Daisy, in my car stereo, I pulled it back out to check the name on the cover. This couldn’t be lead-singer Jesse Lacey crooning away like a Kurt Cobain reincarnation. I thought I had somehow slipped Nevermind in.

But sure enough it was Lacey, though you wouldn’t have guessed it, especially after the minute-and-a-half church hymnal intro. This definitely wasn’t like Brand New’s previous album, Your Favorite Weapon.

Guitarist Vincent Accardi wrote the majority of the band’s new album, and while the themes of love, death and morality are still prevalent throughout, there’s a new sense of despondency the band had yet to sink to. The songs seem full of hopelessness and resentment, and on tracks like “Bed,” Lacey sings a tune likely to make your skin prickle.

To top off the eerie sound of Lacey’s voice are some raw and rough guitars and drums. This record is anything but over-produced and the one-on-one feel is completely palpable.

But there were some factors on the production that made me cringe; like the several snippets stolen from church proceedings that made me want to fast-forward or “Be Gone,” an almost two minutes of unrecognizable noise that, until I looked up, wouldn’t have realized was actually vocals. All of these added features only detracted from the band’s newest work, making the album feel a bit choppy.

The band also seemed to have abandoned the funky bass lines and catchy pop lyrics used in their past songs for an indie feel that takes some getting used to.

This album was a far departure from what I think Brand New fans were waiting for, but still an album worth picking up.

B7 9.17.2009 THE METROPOLITAN

Matt Pusatory mpusator@mscd.edu Music Editor

On this day in 1967, The Doors appeared on TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show.’’

Sullivan asked Jim Morrison to omit the line “Girl, we can’t get much higher’’ from the song “Light My Fire.’’ Morrison agreed, then sung it anyway.

THE METROPOLITAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • INSIGHT • A9

THE POINT: BRONCOS NOT BIGGEST DEAL

A team Denver can be proud of

Just a few blocks north of campus is an arena called Coors Field.

They play baseball there. Eightyone home games a year, against a total of ten at the Broncos’ ballyard.

You may have heard of baseball, even in Bronco-centric Denver. It was once called America’s passtime and the national game — before the National Football League hype machine and TV talking heads anointed NFL football AMERICA’s GAME. Major League Baseball — least of all under its current commissioner, Bud Selig, who gives dweebs a bad name — never responded to that claim with a convincing campaign of its own.

Comparative attendance figures don’t support NFL claims and some sectors say NASCAR is now America’s real attendance leader in growth terms.

Baseball’s flaws have been touted for years: too slow, too long and too boring, with not enough action and the bleak prospect of low-scoring games or, worse yet, a pitchers’ duel.

In short, baseball was out of sync with couch fans at home and those in the stadium who pay plenty to see bodies crashing and hits you can hear in the stands. Where else might you catch real blood and bodies carried quickly off on a gurney while the show goes on?

Don’t misunderstand. I enjoy

J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com NFL football as much as the next fan; with a longer memory than some that goes back to high school days in New York, with Y.A. Tittle’s and Frank Gifford’s Giants. Later, I savored Joe Namath’s Jets pulling, in Super Bowl III, the biggest Big One upset until the Giants ruined the Patriots’ touted bid for a perfect 19-0 season two years ago.

I was at Mile High Stadium when the Broncos beat the hated Oakland Raiders to go to their first Super Bowl in 1978, and I mourned four Bronco Super Bowl losses by scores that grew more embarrassing. I was as electrified as any other Broncos fan by John Elway’s wind-milling dive for a key first down when the Broncos — underdogs even with Elway and Terell Davis — finally beat Brett Favre’s Packers for Denver’s first Super Bowl win in 1998.

But I love baseball more. Maybe it’s due to what’s called institu-

tional memory at a time when lots of folks can’t recall last month.

My wavy glass of baseball memory goes back to when New York had three teams – the Dodgers, Giants and Yankees and baseball’s greatest center fielders played for them.

Nobody is going to mistake the Rockies’ Tulowitzki, Hawpe and Barmes for Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Duke Snider.

But I wonder why it is that the Rockies, a team with an excellent shot at a post-season wild card spot, still draw only lukewarm support while the Broncos, who aren’t going anywhere this season, continue to command center stage.

Denver’s degree of fan-mania appears unrelated to recent performance. With a front office that was never accused of spending freely, the Rockies in 17 seasons here have gone to the playoffs twice and a World Series once with good playoff prospects this year.

The Broncos have been to exactly two playoffs since Elway retired 11 seasons ago and don’t figure to be in the same zip code of a .500 season this year.

The 2009 Rockies aren’t the “Blake Street Bombers” of yore.

But the big picture – that takes in pitching, defense and clutch hitting – shows them, since mid-season, to be a better-balanced team; better even than the 2007 club that staged the magic carpet ride

of winning 21 of 22 in September and October to the World Series.

Then, thousands materialized from the woodwork as instant lifelong fans because the Rockies were trendy. Convince people something is trendy, and they’ll swim through sewage for it.

Strikes, steroids and absurdlyoverpaid prima donnas haven’t helped the game, but its underlying appeal remains, despite the slings and arrows and Bud Selig.

Baseball has also produced a literature that no other game can match. Examples of golden words abound — from when words on paper still mattered — and just one is John Updike’s piece on Ted Williams’ last game at Boston’s Fenway Park in 1960. In his last-ever at-bat in a storied career, Williams bowed out with a dramatic home run. Fans stood for ten minutes after, begging him to re-appear from the dugout and tip his hat to the crowd. But Williams never had before and didn’t do so then.

“Gods do not answer letters,” wrote Updike.

Search Google, Wikipedia or whatever else passes for research today for a better line written on behalf of the NFL or any other sport.

Meanwhile, the Mile High City has a baseball winner that deserves better support, and so does baseball appreciation in Denver.

THE POINT: POLITICIANS, ATHLETES, CELEBRITIES NEED MORE MANNERS

Respect should not take a back seat

Since when is it OK to yell “You lie” at the president of the United States, or curse at the line judge for your own mistake, or better yet take the spotlight away from an award winner just because you don’t agree with the accolade?

I’m sure you’re all fully aware of the persons in question, so I won’t name names.

What happened to the days when people in this world had respect for one another?

Has the golden rule gone out the window leaving us with a nation of rude, crude and bitter people?

I know Barack Obama has been under a microscope since the day he was elected, and not everyone agrees with or supports his decisions, but does that make it OK to make inconsiderate accusations during the middle of his speech?

The man is doing his best to clean up our country.

Sportsmanship is what I cherish most about sports. Nobody wants to play with a sore loser, es-

DACIA JOHNSON djohn205@mscd.edu pecially if that sore loser says she wants to shove a ball down your throat.

A professional athlete should be setting examples, not having her words censored on national television.

An award show is meant to honor those in a specific industry for their ability to please fans with both their talent and persona.

The ceremony in question gave out awards based on fan input, therefore a celeb expressing his feelings over the choice of winner just leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

The thing that may bother me the most is these people are in the spotlight and are well-aware of it.

Why would they portray themselves in such a manner when they know it will not only come back to bite them in the butt — like a $10,000 fine for the line judge screamer — but will also cause the loss of respect from much of the nation?

I fully believe if you are fortunate enough to be in the spotlight you have a duty to society to act as a respectful and law-abiding citizen. The last thing we need is for our impressionable youth to believe that these behaviors are acceptable.

The consensus of why these things happened is, their emotions got to the best of them. Well maybe we all, especially these three, need to learn how to control our emotions.

I believe there are classes for those who don’t have enough willpower to hold back unnecessary statements.

I miss the days when neighbors would make cookies for no reason but to be nice, or a perfect stranger would actually hold the door for someone they didn’t know.

The days of no curse words on television and no deaths due to road rage.

We seem to have forgotten about the meaning of respect so let Mr. Webster remind you —respect: (noun) To show honor, regard or consideration for.

If a dictionary definition isn’t good enough for you, turn to Ms. Franklin for guidance: “All I’m askin’ for is a little respect, just a little bit.”

At the very least, remember what your mother told you, “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”

If you can’t learn to keep your mouth shut then please, as a public service, avoid situations that will earn you dirty looks and disappointment.

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 ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR Gabrielle Porter gporter8@mscd.edu MUSIC EDITOR Matt Pusatory mpusator@mscd.edu ASSISTANT MUSIC EDITOR Krista Coulter kcoulte2@mscd.edu SPORTS EDITOR Kate Ferraro kferraro@mscd.edu ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Josiah Kaan jkaan@mscd.edu PHOTO EDITOR Drew Jaynes ajaynes1@mscd.edu ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITORS Leah Millis lmillis@mscd.edu Ryan Martin martirya@mscd.edu COPY EDITORS Morgan Bia mbia@mscd.edu Sam Blackmer blackmar@mscd.edu Dacia Johnson djohn205@mscd.edu Lucien Layne laynel@mscd.edu ADVERTISING Tucker Knight tknight7@mscd.edu GRAPHIC DESIGN Kathleen Jewby kjewby@mscd.edu 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 The Metropolitan is produced by and for the students of Metropolitan State College of Denver and serves the Auraria Campus. The Metropolitan is supported by advertising revenue and student fees and is published every Thursday during the academic year and monthly during the summer semester. The Metropolitan is distributed to all campus buildings.

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A11 • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN

SPORTS

“I’m not sure how effective an alligator head would be for warding off bears, especially as there are no ponds, lakes, or puddles anywhere near my buddy’s mountain house.”

-DREW JAYNES, TECHBYTES, METROSPECTIVE, B3

Kate Ferraro • SPORTS EDITOR • kferraro@mscd.edu

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Hat trick lands Metro in national poll ’Runners re-enter top-20 after early season fallout

THIS WEEK

9.18 Women’s Soccer

1 p.m. vs. Fort Lewis College Volleyball 7 p.m. vs. Colorado Christian Univ.

Men’s Soccer 7:30 p.m. @ UCCS Cross Country TBA @ CSU Classic Women’s Tennis All Day @ ITA Tournament in Kearney, Neb.

By Brent Ratliff bratliff@mscd.edu The Metro women’s soccer team opened up conference play with two wins against Colorado School of Mines Sept. 11 and Colorado State University at Pueblo Sept. 13 at Auraria Field and in Pueblo.

Metro forward Becca Mays came into her element by scoring three of the six goals for Metro against Mines.

Her first goal was the only goal of the first half and her other two came shortly into the second half.

“It felt good because that’s the first time since I’ve been playing that we’ve beaten them (Mines) by more than a goal or two,” Mays said.

Drama appeared after her second-half hat trick when Mays had a perfect opportunity to score her fourth goal of the game, yet Mines defender, Kelsey Lang, tackled her and received a red card ejection for the foul. Midfielder Madison McQuilliams scored on the ensuing penalty kick making it 4-1.

After a lack of offensive chances followed an abundance of scoring opportunities, Metro forward Annie Austin entered the match and changed the pace of the game.

Austin cranked in two goals within the final three minutes of the game to raise the eyebrows of everyone, including her own.

“I was really excited to be in,” Austin said. “I had butterflies until I got my first touch on the ball, then I got my first goal and then another. It was great.”

Metro improved to a 5-1 overall record with a 2-0 conference record after a 1-0 victory against Colorado State-Pueblo Sept. 13 in Pueblo.

Metro forward Aleah Degeneres put the Roadrunners on the board with the loan goal of the game in the 35th minute. Goalkeeper Becca Maloney made three saves in the net to earn the shutout for Metro. The Roadrunners outshot the ThunderWolves 13-8, led by forward Jen Thomas’ four shot attemps. “[The team is] playing good and improving at a good pace this season,” Mays said.

Metro hosts another conference foe Fort Lewis Sept. 18 at Auraria Field.

SIDELINE

9.19 Volleyball

7 p.m. vs UCCS Women’s Tennis All Day @ ITA Tournament in Kearney, Neb.

9.20 Men’s Soccer

2:30 p.m. @ CSU-Pueblo Women’s Tennis All Day @ ITA Tournament in Kearney, Neb.

Say What?

Metro junior Ashley Munchiando, right, tries to steal the ball from Colorado School of Mines senior Allison Heeg during a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season game Sept. 11, at Auraria Field. Metro defeated the Orediggers 6-1. Photo by Jeremy Papasso • jpapasso@mscd.edu

“It’s a challenge.

You can’t find reasons why you can’t be successful. We should be searching for opportunities to be successful.”

MEN’S HEAD SOCCER COACH KEN PARSONS, A12

RMAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week Metro forward Becca Mays was named RMAC Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 15 by the conference. This is the third time in Mays’ career that she has earned an award from the RMAC. Mays scored a hat trick against Mines, and is tied for the team-lead with four gaols in four gamess.

Metro goalkeeper Becca Maloney was named Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 15 by the conference. This is the second time she has received this award. Maloney stopped a seasonhigh seven shots against Mines, and had her 17th career shutout against CSU-Pueblo Sept.

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Club ice hockey tryout, A13 Club inline hockey tryout, A13

A12 • SPORTS • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN • During the 1990s, Prairie View College set the NCAA record for longest losing streak with 80 games.

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Volleyball falls in first conference match ’Runners respond with sweep after loss

By Matt Hollinshead mhollin5@mscd.edu The Metro women’s volleyball team’s phenomenal 7-1 start hit a bump in the road when they lost to Colorado School of Mines Sept. 11 in Golden. It did not seem that Metro underestimated Mines, who brought an 8-2 record into the match, but Mines haulted the Roadrunnners.

“I don’t think we take Mines for granted at all,” said Metro head coach Debbie Hendricks.

Metro lost the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opener, 3-2, and now has back-toback losses against the Orediggers, reliving last fall’s RMAC tournament.

The two teams were just about even statistically. Metro had 75 team digs and 8 team blocks, compared to Mines’ 72 digs and 10.5 team blocks.

The Roadrunners also had a .200 attack percentage and 32 team errors, including 15 service errors, which was their most in a single game since losing to Hawaii-Hilo Aug. 29, in the match.

Mines had a similar .196 attack percentage and 23 team errors, but only had 3 service errors throughout the match.

In the first set, Metro was efficient in kills, scoring a match-high 19 kills, but struggled defensively. Mines responded to kill attempts well with a number of effective digs and scored on counter-attacks, winning the set, 26-24.

“Early on, Mines brought much more of a swarm,” Hendricks said.

In the second set, Metro started on an 8-5 run, but went cold and Mines eventually tied the game at ten. Metro then clamped down defensively and ended up producing 16 kills for the set. Metro won the set, 25-23.

In the third set, Metro’s defensive woes returned when they allowed 10 kills. Metro struggled offensively as well with nine attack errors and a .089 attack percentage. Some Metro players became visibly fatigued as the set wore on.

The Orediggers, consistently scoring easy points, took advantage of this, and coasted to a 25-17 win, the largest margin of victory in any set for either team.

In the fourth set, there were numerous drops by both teams. Metro also had its best attack percentage, .316 percent, as well as 16 kills.

Outside hitter Bri Morley had six of her 18 total kills in the set. The Roadrunners were able to take the set, 25-20.

Metro entered the fifth set tied at two sets each. Metro players, already fighting fatigue, allowed Mines to go on a 10-4 run. Metro had a match low .087 attack percentage and only seven kills. Mines eventually won the set, 1510, to take the match, 3-2.

Even though this match was a tough loss for the Roadrunners, it is early in the season. The Roadrunners will have a chance to avenge this loss when they host Mines at home in late October.

The Roadrunners swept Chadron State 3-0 Sept. 12 in Chadron, Neb. Outside hitter Emily Greenhalgh and middle blocker Anna Mapes led the offense with 13 and 10 kills, respectively. Setter Gabe Curtis had 32 assists and three consecutive aces.

Metro will come home to play Colorado Christian University and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Sept. 18 and 19 at Auraria Events Center.

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Metro setter Gabe Curtis, left, and middle blocker Anna Mapes are caught unaware as the ball soars overhead during the second set of their match Sept. 11 at the Colorado School of Mines. Photo by Drew Jaynes • ajaynes1@mscd.edu

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Roadrunners split Washington tour

By Vanessa Mais vmais@mscd.edu The NCAA No. 20-ranked Metro men’s soccer team continued their seven-game road swing in Washington defeating Western Washington University Sept. 13 in overtime and losing Sept. 15 to Seattle Pacific University.

Head coach Ken Parsons said, playing on the road is no excuse as you will always have to play on the road at some point.

“It’s a challenge. You can’t find reasons why you can’t be successful. We should be searching for opportunities to be successful,” Parsons said.

Both games were played on turf fields as well, which is the opposite of Metro’s grass fields.

“We like to play fast pace and we are used to it on grass. The ball was just skipping all over the place,” senior midfielder Mike Martinez said regarding the turf fields.

The ‘Runners scored early against the Vi-

kings on a breakaway goal from senior defender Ryan Brooks in the 12th minute. Senior midfielder Tyler Hambrick did a 1-2 with Brooks for his second assist of the season.

WWU responded less than 10 minutes later with a goal from midfielder Kellan Brown off a pass from midfielder Oscar Jiminez. Brown put the ball in the upper right-hand corner of the net for his fourth goal of the season.

The game remained scoreless through the end of regulation, but the ‘Runners didn’t wait long to end the game going into overtime. In the 92nd minute, Hambrick laid the ball off for Martinez for the game winner and his first goal of the season.

“It was a complete team goal. We won the ball in our own end. We had five or six 1-2s (wall passes) and Steve played a good ball across and Ty (Hambrick) laid it off for me. Right place at the right time,” Martinez said.

The game winning goal was Hambrick’s second assist of the game and third for the season, putting him second in the RMAC for assists

and first on the team. Sophomore goalkeeper Dominique Griffin made four saves for the win in the net.

The win was a result of the whole team working hard and working together. “I think it was one of the best games our team has played,” Parsons said.

Metro played two days later against Seattle Pacific and fell 4-1 after defeating them 4-1 at home last fall.

The Falcons came out strong, scoring two goals in the first 20 minutes of the game.

Just 17 minutes into the game, midfielder Tyler Schultz found forward Alec Nelson on a through ball that put the game at 1-0.

The game was 2-0 at halftime, but the Falcons came out strong in the second half as well.

After a deflected shot was cleared, midfielder Chris Morris ripped a shot from 30 yards out to put the game at 3-0.

Less than ten minutes later, the Falcons found the net again off a through ball from Schultz that found Williams for a breakaway

that was chipped over Griffin to make the deficit 4-0.

Metro was not going out of the game without a goal as senior defender Pat Laughlin found sophomore forward Ri Armstrong for a 20-yard shot to ruin the shutout for SPU. Armstrong leads the team in goals and is tied for 2nd in the RMAC with his third goal of the season.

“Losing Ola and Kellen was a concern, especially because they were our number one and number two goal scorers. Our forwards have been carrying the scoring load well so far,” Parsons said.

The final score was 4-1, putting the ‘Runners at 1-1 for the weekend. The ‘Runners dropped to 3-2-0 for the season and continue on their 7-game road trip at UC-Colorado Springs Sept. 18th.

“We just swallow this loss. We can’t keep looking back on it. We have to learn from it and realize what our mistakes were. We have to work hard this week,” Martinez said.

“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, one man cannot make a team.” Former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar • THE METROPOLITAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 • SPORTS • A13

Skaters get inline for hockey team Captains set sight on a winning season: nationals

By Robert Dran rdran@mscd.edu

By Scott Bassett sbassett4@mscd.edu The Metro inline hockey team looked to bolster its squad after holding an open tryout Sept. 13 at Rocky Mountain Roller Hockey in Lakewood.

After holding successful tryouts the past two years, this one didn’t disappoint.

“I think it went really well and gave us a good idea of what we’re looking at,” said Metro Inline Hockey President and Co-captain Andrew Smith.

Captain Bobby Derian’s father Bob, who coached the team last season and had plenty of experience after coaching at Mountain Vista High School for five years recently took a job in Atlanta, Ga. and the team has been without a coach since.

The need to have a coach at this level is paramount.

“You can’t have a player-run team,” Smith said.

The team, which finished 13th in the nation last season and won one of only a few wild card slots to the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association national tournament, looked to replace four players includ-

Metro skater Nick Fletcher aggressively pursues the puck during the Metro club inline hockey tryout Sept. 13 at the Rocky Mountain Roller Hockey Arena in Lakewood. Photo by Mark Farnik • mfarnik@mscd.

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ing three defensemen.

“Honestly, I don’t think we’ll have too much trouble,” Smith said of the team’s ability to withstand so many personnel losses.

Smith, co-creator of the club, co-captain Cody Lemon and Derian enlisted the help of two inline hockey coaches from Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch to call

out drills since the team is currently in between coaches.

The prospective players hustled through a battery of drills and closed with a scrimmage, which provided what Smith and his confidants were looking for.

“We really wanted to find out who had the most heart and would fight the hardest,” Smith said.

Regardless of its coaching situation, the team looks to be ranked in the top 15 in the nation and is ready for the NCRHA Preseason Tournament Sept. 26-27 at Rocky Mountain Roller.

“I promise you we’ll have a winning record,” Lemon said.

Arizona native finds success with Roadrunners

By Will Howard howarwil@mscd.edu Metro forward Scott Grode came to Colorado for the soccer. Well, for the weather and the soccer anyway.

The former Basha High School star from Arizona said that his final decision to come to Metro rested mostly on the success of the soccer program and the atmosphere in Denver.

Grode grew up in Chandler, Arizona where he started playing soccer at the age of 5. After success playing for club teams, Grode went on to become a star at Basha. Grode was a standout player for the Bears and earned both All-State Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year honors.

On the field, Grode gets a thrill out of scoring, making big hits and motivating his teammates.

“When you make big hits, it gets the whole team fired up,” Grode said.

“I love doing that.”

This season Grode hopes the team will get past the first round of the NCAA tournament. The team has made three consecutive trips, but during that time has been unable to get out of the first round.

“We have six seniors on the team this year, and it would be nice to step

Ice hockey making final cuts in roster

it up for them,” he said.

As far as personal ambitions go this season, Grode said that he would like to put away as many goals as possible and take over the spot for most goals on the team this year.

“I’ve already scored three goals this year, which is as many as I did all last season, so it’s a good start.”

When Grode isn’t playing soccer or studying, he works at Mountainside Fitness. In addition, he likes to ride his mountain bike and snowboard. His other hobbies include playing Medal of Honor on the Xbox, and watching football as he is a big Arizona Cardinals fan.

Here at Metro, Grode is majoring in Marketing and hopes to someday open his own business. Although he isn’t currently sure what type of business that will be, he is sure it will come to him. For now, he wants to keep his options open and enjoy the ride.

“When you make big hits, it gets the whole team fired up. I love doing that.”

METRO FORWARD SCOTT GRODE

Men’s soccer forward Scott Grode. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.

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As summer turns to fall and the warmth of the outdoors turns to the cold indoors, Metro hockey laces up their skates to begin the new season.

The club team had three days of tryouts but four players must be cut before the 25-player roster can be finalized. The final cuts will take place during the first week of practice.

“I don’t like to cut players,” new head coach Ryan Callahan said. “I wish someone else would do all the cuts and give me a roster.”

Nevertheless, Callahan is optimistic about the upcoming season.

The team has 13 skaters and two goalies returning from last year’s team. The 15 players make the largest return of players in the team’s history.

In addition to the players’ commitment, there are plans in store for the team starting with Callahan himself. Last year’s head coach Curtis Duffus took an opportunity to coach with former Colorado Avalanche forward Pierre Turgeon. Due to the commitment, Duffus had to take a lesser coaching role with the ‘Runners but will still be involved with the team as an assistant.

The team also plans on playing a scrimmage game at the arena in November. Details are still being ironed out, but the plan is to have an exhibition game against Mesa State College at the Pepsi Center sometime around Thanksgiving.

“We really hope that with the Pepsi Center’s location next to campus we will have people come over and check out some hockey,” said captain and team president Turner Bahn.

Forward Dani Furlong, the first female athlete to try out, has not yet made the final cut, but has a good chance of making the team.

The hockey heroine has made a strong impression with the team, scoring a breakaway goal topshelf during an intersquad scrimmage.

“I played on a line with her during (the Sept. 10) practice,” Bahn said . “We will give her a serious look, she is very good.”

Despite all the excitement, Bahn confessed that the team needs to improve on defense and their winloss record.

“I think us making it to regionals this season is not out of the question,” Bahn said .

Callahan shares Bahn’s optimism. He hopes to improve the teams defense.

“We gave up a lot of goals last season. It wasn’t the goalie’s fault, many times the defense left the goalies out to dry,” Callahan said.

Metro’s first game is still a few weeks away but will take place Oct. 3 against Colorado State University at EPIC Ice Arena in Fort Collins.

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SUDOKU

Signed, PBJ Across 1- Island near Sicily 6- Come again?

10- E-mail command 14- AKA 15- ___ browns 16- Draft classification 17- Fights 18- Choir member 19- Obscene 20- Unattached cell 22- Broadcast 23- Fire 24- Parsonage 26- Male sheep 29- Manner of walking 31- Eureka!

32- ___ roll 33- Cube creator Rubik 34- Dorsal 38- Auricular 40- Needlefish 42- Long ago

43- Brunch beverage 46- Mariners can sail on seven of these 49- Become an exparrot?

50- Chatter 51- Story 52- Convened 53- Prospered 57- Atlantic mackerel 59- Path 60- Future 65- Editor Wintour 66- Taylor of “Mystic Pizza” 67- Collection of maps 68- San Francisco’s ___ Tower 69- Norwegian king 70- Quizzes, trials 71- Sea eagle 72- Actress Daly 73- Clear the board

Down 1- Not fem.

2- Iams alternative 3- One telling tales 4- Diamond protectors 5- Relieve 6- Very large 7- Auditorium 8- Fall bloomer 9- Howe’er 10- Without companions 11- Diciembre follower 12- More recent 13- Father 21- Sign of injury 22- Dull pain 25- Chow down 26- Chamber 27- Against 28- Disfigure 30- Browned sliced bread 35- Deities

By Patience Brady

36- Horne solo 37- Internet writing system that popularized “pwn3d” and “n00b” 39- Meditate 41- Like atomic hydrogen 44- Rescue 45- Actor Vigoda 47- “Hard ___!” (sailor’s yell) 48- Notched 53- Vestige 54- High public esteem 55- Argument 56- Every 24 hours 58- Aquatic mammal 61- Spanish dessert 62- Ingrid’s “Casablanca” role 63- Floor coverings 64- “___ quam videri” (North Carolina’s motto) 66- Destiny

It’s hard for me to make friends on campus. Everyone is always rushing trying to get to work or school. What can I do to make a lasting friendship work?

A good idea would be not to worry about the people rushing off to get somewhere in the hallways. Strike up a conversation with someone in one of your classes. The people you have direct contact with on a daily basis, in time, can possibly be proven to be true friends. From my own personal experience, I didn’t know anyone. One day in English class, after searching for somewhere to sit I found a seat behind a girl who looked friendly. We

had projects together and began with simple weather talk; come to find out that she and I enjoyed doing the same things! I encourage you to attend events at Auraria Campus like movie and open mic night, concerts, plays, etc. I’ve met quite a few people from the events alone, but it first starts with overcoming that fear and shyness that we all have hidden inside of us. So like Nike says, “JUST DO IT!”

• PBJ

WEEK{PREVIEW} THURSDAY/ 09.17

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SATURDAY/ 09.19

Constitution Day: film “John Adams”

Telluride Blues & Brews Festival

International Talk Like a Pirate Day Party

11:30 A.M. Tivoli 320 Free

2 P.M. — 10 P.M. $25 — $155

6 P.M. — 1 A.M. Red & Jerry’s: Santa Fe and Oxford $15

8:30 P.M. The Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut St. $10

MONDAY/ 09.21

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TUESDAY/ 09.22

“Bridges to the Future” — Rising China Lecture

Teleconference lunch with President Jordan

7 P.M.  9 P.M. Newman Center, Denver University Free

12 P.M.  1 P.M. Sign up at www.mscd.edu/homecoming to join on your phone

Jon Krakauer 7:30 P.M. Tattered Cover LoDo Free

Rodrigo y Gabriela Concert 8 P.M. Temple Buell Theatre $225 — $275

SUNDAY/ 09.20

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7 P.M.  11 P.M. Starz Film Center, Tivoli $9.50

Missed the Boat w/ Sarah Rosa & Sarah Zanotti

LIVING THE SWEET LIFE BAKERY GRAND OPENING

WEDNESDAY/ 09.23

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“Died Young Stayed Pretty” Film Premiere

Brush Up Thriller Dance Class 8 P.M.  9 P.M. Danzartz Studio Cherokee Street and 6th Avenue $32/4 — Class Block

San Diego Padres in Colorado

Denver’s Biggest Ladies’ Night

6:40 P.M. Coors Field $1 — $55

7 P.M.  11 P.M. Stampede, S. Parker Road Ladies Drink Free

8 A.M  12 P.M. Cost of Baked Goods

The latest addition to the Denver River North district, this bakery opens at 1535 Central St. in a grand event including free cupcakes, activities for kids, and the chance to win a $100 gift card.

Did we mention free cupcakes?