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METROPOLITAN Vol. 32, Issue 18
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November 19, 2009
Duran case dropped
Early Learning Center sexual assault charge dismissed for lack of evidence •A3
Colfax’s divine protectors •B4
Ryan Dennis, front, stands back-to-back with fellow Guardian Angel Joe Hoschover Oct. 7 as they wait for the light to change at the corner of Colfax Ave. & York Street in Denver. Dennis and Hoschover are members of a non-profit volunteer organization called Guardian Angels. The group patrol Colfax Ave. and surrounding areas without weapons in an attempt to deter crime with their presence. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu
NEWS SPORTS
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New chapter in book exchange SGA unveils prototype swap site •A3
Volleyball METROSPECTIVE wins Former Metro professor RMAC •A11 rocks retirement •B2
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Sexual assault charges dismissed By Andrew Bisset abisset1@mscd.edu
A sexual assault case that shocked parents at Auraria’s Early Learning Center in September has been dismissed. Johnny Duran, 31, a former employee of the ELC, was arrested by Denver Police and charged with sexual assault on a minor September 17 after a child alleged he had touched them inappropriately. Duran was released on a $25,000 bond Sept. 19. Judge Andrew Armatas, after granting two extensions, brought Duran into court for his preliminary hearing on November 17. The District Attorney’s office elected to dismiss the case on grounds of insufficient evidence, but made it clear that this did not preclude future refiling of charges. Duran also agreed to make no effort to seal or have anything expunged from his criminal record for five years. The family of the ELC student who brought the allegations against Duran made an impassioned statement praising their child, telling the court, “No one can hide behind process when in search of the truth.” The family also expressed their hope that the legal system can someday grow to recognize the outcries of children. They praised the Denver Police Department as well as their child, saying, despite the child’s young age, they have a clear view of what is right and wrong. “Make no mistake, our [child] is anything but small.” Blaine Nickeson of AHEC said, “We have cooperated with the DA’s office, we’ve participated in questions, but have not been involved in the case since the arrest was made.” Duran’s employment status with AHEC, however, was never in doubt. “Mr. Duran is no longer employed on the campus,” Nickeson said, He said Duran’s employment ceased after the arrest was made. Duran had been employed at the ELC since December 2007 as a floating classroom aid. Nickeson said that all job candidates are subject to a background check before any hiring decisions are made. The ELC has not had a case like this in its 20 year history.
Website within sight
THIS WEEK
SGA takes Internet textbook exchange out for test drive
11.19 Townhall meeting
with Metro President Stephen Jordan 8:30 - 10 a.m. King Concert Hall
By Caitlin Gibbons cgibbon4@mscd.edu After nearly two years, the Student Government Assembly is getting down to a little less conversation and a lot more action with the Auraria Book Exchange website. The site will provide an online forum for Auraria students to buy and sell used textbooks directly from fellow students. The site will emulate online communities such as Craigslist.org. The website was first discussed during the 2008-2009 school year as an initiative for the SGA. The initiative was discussed again early in the fall at the senate’s annual retreat, and Senate Resolution 09-11, “to establish the institution of the Auraria Book Exchange as a primary objective for the 2009-2010 Student Government Assembly” was adopted. At the Nov. 13 senate meeting, a prototype of the site was demonstrated by Jack O’Brien, former SGA senator, and current Director of Administration and Finance Samantha O’Brien’s father. Jack O’Brien said at the meeting, that he had been working on a site and realized the design could easily be adapted to accommodate the needs of the SGA. Cory Keasling, the SGA director of information technology has been working on the initiative since he was hired in the fall. “Unfortunately, our resources within this office are limited to the point where we cannot produce it ourselves. And that has become evident over the past few months,” Keasling said. Samantha O’Brien first proposed the project when she was elected as a senator in 2008. She said ensuring the safety of students was a top priority in designing the prototype, and only students with a Metro e-mail account would be able to access the site in the initial phases. The site demonstrated at the senate meeting is by no means final product, said Keasling. Keasling said Jack O’Brien approached the SGA with the prototype as an unsolicited bid and is not being compensated. “If there were any compensation involved, we would go through a competitive bidding process to ensure we are getting the best deal,” Keasling said. “And I will be putting together a request for proposals to make sure that
EVENTS
11.19 “Unquenchable
Thirst” Robert Glennon speaks on water scarcity 8:30 - 10 a.m. King Center Concert
12.3 Auraria Shares
Take a Share Tree Ornament and help the children of Denver 10 a.m. Tivoli Atrium
INDEX INSIGHT ... A8 METROSPECTIVE ... B1 AUDIOFILES ... B6 SPORTS ... A11 TIMEOUT ... A14
Center front, Samantha O’Brien, director of administration and finance for the Student Government Assembly, listens to a presentation given by her father, Jack O’Brien, on a prototype he built for the Auraria Book Exchange website Nov. 13 in the Tivoli Senate Chambers. Photo by Taryn Jones • tjone101@mscd.edu if there is any compensation being discussed we do it without any undue privilege.” Keasling said the budget for the book exchange will come out of the initiative portion of the SGA budget. He estimates the cost for the site in the low four figures. Most of the cost will go to the development of the site. “These are student fees and it is our responsibility and fiduciary duty to allocate them in a fair manner that will provide the best deal for students. We do believe the book exchange will provide a great service for students and we really want to get it off the ground,” Keasling said. The SGA intends to include UCD and CCD’s student governments in the later stages of the project. SGA President Andrew Bateman said he will be meeting with the representatives from the other student governments the week of Nov. 16. UCD Student Government President Jack Kroll attended the Nov. 13 SGA meeting to see the prototype web-
site. Kroll said there have not been any conversations concerning the sharing of cost between the student governments. He said he is supportive of the project and it’s potential to save students money. Mike Clarke, director of the Auraria Bookstore said he is not worried about losing revenue to the Book Exchange site. “We support students that do that type of effort,” Clarke said. He said he is slightly concerned about students not being able to get a refund if they happened to purchase the incorrect textbook or if the book was changed for a course. Keasling said the site will not be used for any sort of payment, but will allow students to access a forum to set up meeting places to complete the sale of a book. Keasling said he hopes the site will be launched by the end of the academic year.
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CORRECTIONS On page A3 of the Nov. 12 issue of the Metropolitan, Angelina De La Torre should have been identified in the headline. To notify The Metropolitan of an error in any of our reports, please contact Editor-in-Chief Dominic Graziano at dgrazia1@mscd.edu
A4 • NEWS • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN • STOP THE PRESSES: The first spacecraft to visit the planet Venus was Mariner 2 in 1962.
On the street By Ben Wiebesiek • Photos by Ryan Martin
Should intelligent design be offered as a college-level course?
“It could be a whole other outlet that students should be provided with so there is a variety, not just the same set courses for everyone.” Maudi Pacer – UCD Sophomore
“Intelligent design has been disproved beyond reasonable doubt and a scientific theory can not be based off of it.” John Inkeles – UCD Junior
“I think it is a good idea to teach all sides of any story so that students have prior knowledge of what’s going on.” Anthony Gautier – UCD Sophomore
“Obviously, it would be very controversial. That course would definitely be hammered down by groups of people who didn’t agree.” Zac Giammarrosco – UCD Junior
“I can’t think of any reason it shouldn’t be offered. We’re in college to learn, we might as well get different views from everybody and then be able to make our own decisions on what we believe is right and what we believe is wrong.” Ream Elmadhun – UCD Junior
“It’s hard enough to get through evolutionary biology much less to add a Christian-based class as well. I just don’t think it would be good at all.” Sharon Bohannon – Metro Junior
“I think a lot of people would protest against it and it would be controversial. Students should have the option, though.” Dania Elmadhun – Metro Sophomore
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Speaker challenges origin of species Professor presents alternative view to natural selection By Ben Wiebesiek wiebesib@mscd.edu Guest speaker Douglas Groothuis drew battle lines at the microscopic level for the debate over evolution Nov. 16 at the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge. “I am not going to deal with all of the issues that come in this kind of debate or discussion by any means. I’m not going to talk about the age of the Earth. I’m not going to talk about the fossil record,” Groothuis said. “I am not going to dispute the changes in length of a finch’s beak on the Galapagos Islands or antibiotic resistance. Or the fact that certain groups of people over the centuries have become taller, I’m not going to dispute that,” Groothuis said. He said his presentation would instead focus on specific adaptations at the cellular level to look for empirical evidence of detectable design — features that cannot be explained by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, which uses chance and ne-
Metro Philosophy Professor Douglas Groothuis answers a question on intelligent design as a scientific theory for biological diversity Nov. 16 at the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge. Photo by Taryn Jones • tjone101@mscd.edu
cessity as explanations for changes in organisms. Groothuis is a professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary and an adjunct faculty member of Metro’s philosophy department. One such adaptation, according to Groothuis, is a structure in some species of bacteria, known as a flagellum, that propels the organism through its environment. The complexity of the flagellum is similar to a mouse trap, he said, because if any component was missing
or incomplete, then the entire structure wouldn’t work. Groothuis said he was challenging the viewpoint of natural selection that considers “all life on Earth as the result of undirected natural causes.” This premise, he said, would require the flagellum of the bacteria to evolve from simpler, non-working components. “Chance and necessity alone would not favor these earlier adaptations,” Groothuis said. In a December 2008 article for
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, Groothuis defined intelligent design as the theory “that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection.” Angi Pratt, president of the Auraria chapter of Master Plan Ministries, invited Groothuis to give the presentation on intelligent design to counter the perception by some students that religious organizations weren’t interested in a logical, reason-based search into the origins of life. “Since we are a Christian club on campus, a lot of people look at us as being anti-science and that is not the case at all. We contacted Dr. Groothuis to present an intelligent design standpoint from a scientific point of view because it is such a hot topic, especially at secular schools and any academic community,” Pratt said. Groothuis, who is the author of “On Jesus” and “Truth Decay, Defending Christianity Against the Challenges of Post Modernism,” said during his presentation that although he and other people who support intelligent design are Christian, their faith is irrelevant to the logic of the theory, which is also supported by
agnostics and people of other faiths. “This is what is distinctive about Darwinism today, as it is practiced at the universities and research labs, written about in textbooks and referred to in popular culture,” he said. Metro freshman Danny Roybal left the presentation frustrated by the short question-and-answer session of the presentation, but he was also curious to learn more about intelligent design. “We only heard three questions from the audience because they said we were out of time. And the people who asked the questions wanted to argue about other stuff than what [Groothuis] was going over,” Roybal said. “If there had been more time, I would have wanted to know what intelligent design says about bigger animals like people and our ancestors.” Jon Orbach, a UCD student, said he thought the presentation was an affirmation of his religious faith. “I don’t think the world was made in seven days or anything like that, but I have accepted Christ in my life, and I do not want to rely on science alone because scientists can’t explain everything,” Orbach said.
Credit union transfers location Auraria branch moves operations to third floor space By April Zemyan azemyan@mscd.edu The Credit Union of Denver’s 11-year-old Tivoli branch is undergoing renovations to better serve Auraria Students, but until the completion Jan. 3, students can bank on being inconvenienced. The credit union is currently being remodeled to accommodate a conventional teller line instead of a walk-up system and a new contemporary look. The temporary location for the credit union is in room 316 of the Tivoli. For students who use the bank, this means no cash withdrawals or deposits into their accounts. However, according to Credit Union of Denver Chief Executive Officer Keith Cowling, students can use other credit unions to make cash transactions. “Because we participate with other credit unions in a network of shared branches students can visit the Public Service Credit Union branch located in the Tivoli and perform a wide variety of transactions on their account,” Cowling said. There are also 180 other Credit
Union of Denver locations to serve its approximate 47,000 members. Cowling said the conventional teller line will offer members a faceto-face experience and reduce the amount of time it takes to make teller transactions. UCD student Trijoon Pradhan said the new bank should allow for more room. “It should be more spacious than before, maybe the ATM should be outside instead of inside,” Pradhan said. Pradham said it wasn’t a problem coming to the third floor of the Tivoli for the temporary office. He said more directions would have been helpful though. Cowling said member surveys showed members liked the Tivoli branch and the people that work there, but not everyone likes the teller line system currently being used. “Now that the system has gotten old and is in need of occasional repairs, we thought this would be an opportune time to replace the system with a traditional face-to-face teller line,” Cowling said. The funds for the remodel are being provided by the Credit Union of Denver; no money will be taken from the colleges or AHEC. Cowling said with the exception of the one teller who mans the temporary desk, the other employees are working at the main office or the
Ebrima Conteh does his banking with employee Jennifer Welte Nov. 16 at the Credit Union of Denver’s temporary location, which moved to the third floor while its main location is renovated. Photo by
Adriana Carlson • acarls15@mscd.edu
branch office at the Denver Federal Center while the remodel is taking place. The Credit Union of Denver has been serving the Auraria Campus since 1998. Cowling said they signed a new lease that will take them to June 2014. Cowling mentioned one of the reasons the credit union is so committed to serving students is for the
hope that students maintain their accounts after graduating. “We encourage students to maintain their Credit Union of Denver membership long after they graduate so they can continue to take advantage of the great values we offer,” Cowling said. Pradhan said he has only been a credit union member for about eight months, but hopes to continue with
his account after graduation. The construction is scheduled to be finished Jan. 3, 2010, which is just before the spring semester starts. Members are encouraged to continue their transactions as normally as possible and take advantage of the temporary location. “Bottom line: we think the remodel will help us give the students even better service,” Cowling said.
A6 • NEWS • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN • This just in: Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lobby braves storm to face budget crisis Student advocacy group issues call to political action By Andrew Flohr-Spence spencand@mscd.edu Colorado’s student lobby is warning students to waste no time in organizing political action against the state’s planned budget cuts to higher education. The Associated Students of Colorado, a board of elected student representatives from Colorado institutions of higher education, is the students’ one political presence in the Colorado legislature. And blizzards, or at least the Nov. 14 snowstorm, did not stop representatives from 11 of the state’s 27 state-funded schools from meeting together to brainstorm a plan. Some representatives braved up to a seven-hour commute in blowing snow over mountain passes, backedup traffic on I-25 and Highway 36. Others simply had to endure a somewhat longer-than-usual bus ride down Colfax to Auraria. But not all of the 17 schools who sent an RSVP decided to face the storm. “We waited an hour up at Eisenhower [tunnel] because of the snow,” said Ryan Hendershot from Mesa State College in Grand Junction, more than five hours away.
Michelle Kenney of Fort Lewis College, located in Durango, Colo. — more than 300 miles away from Denver — said their two full cars had left at 6 a.m. to get to the meeting at noon. She said they were luckily beyond the passes before the snow really piled up. The ASC had planned the meeting weeks ahead. The goal was to elect a task force to spearhead political action pressuring Colorado’s politicians to return funding, or at least make the cuts fair, to higher education.
The ASC posts a person at the capital throughout Colorado’s yearly January to May legislative session to give students a voice. This year, they agreed, they need — more than ever — the masses of students to get involved. The blizzard that covered Colorado was poorly timed for their plans, but the meeting couldn’t wait, they also agreed.
“The cliff,” was the unofficial subject of the ASC’s meeting. The cliff, or the 2010 to 2011 state budget when federal stimulus money runs out, is now a year and a half away. State funding, if held at the current level, would leave Colorado higher education with less than half of the funding it had before the economic crisis.
The ASC agreed it needed to get working to inform students of the cuts coming and get them politically active enough to pressure there state representative to save education from falling off the cliff. The spring marches on the Colorado capitol turned out several hundred (liberally estimated). Continued on A7
“When you’re trying to explain the connection between higher education and the broader economic stability of the state … that’s not something people have an instant connection to.” -Student Government Assembly President Andrew Bateman
The idea, first put into practice by the ASC in March 2007, is to “play” politics the same way other large interests, such as big oil or state employees, do, but for students’ interests.
UCD representative Josh Diller (center) listens to Colorado Workers for Innovative New Solutions (WINS) Field Director Matt Aber-Towns’s speech Nov. 14, at the Tivoli, during a meeting for the Associated Students of Colorado. Photo by Jamie Cotten• jcotten1@mscd.edu
Metro board approves building bonds New construction financed for 30 years by trustee vote By Rita Wold rwold@mscd.edu Student enrollment will decide the fate of Metro’s ability to pay off $60 million in bonds for the construction of the Student Success Building. The Board of Trustees approved the bond resolution at the Nov. 4 meeting, concluding that future benefits outweigh the risks. Fred Marienthal of Kutak Rock LLP, presented the bond packet to the board, detailing the boundaries of the bond. The restrictions on the bond include: Issuing no more than $60 million in bonds; paying the total cost by 2039; an interest rate no higher than 5.5 percent as well as compensating the bank issuing the bond no more than 1 percent of the total bond issued. The final boundary shifted further dealings of the bond from the full board to Adele Phelan, the board’s chair, Metro President Stephen Jordan or Natalie Lutes, vice president of administration and finance.
The bond was voted on by the student body in the Student Government Assembly’s spring general election. 3 percent of the student population participated in the election and the bond fee was approved by 53 percent of those voters. This fall, students made the first payment, $63 for a full time student. The bond fee is scheduled to increase to $145.20 in 2011 and stop at $237 in 2012, unless students vote otherwise. “So you’re not asking only this year students to pay for a student center, but rather your asking all the students for the next 30 years who will enjoy the benefit,” Mary Wickersham, the state treasury’s director of initiatives, said. “It makes equity a cross time period for capital financing.” In the resolution, pledges to investors include 10 percent of tuition revenues and all revenues from the student bond fee, operating funds for research grants and mandatory fees — in the event Metro fails to keep any of the 15 promises listed in the contract that would put the bond in default. The legal implications of the bond highlight the risks of the investment, which is dependent on student
enrollment to cover the debt. Although the bond fee will apply to all students, enrollment numbers used to estimate revenues the bond fee will generate overtime, were based on lower enrollment numbers of on-campus students in 2008. “We were extremely conservative when we made the estimate,” Lutes explained. “I can’t fathom enrollment dropping enough that we won’t be able to make our debt payment.” Lutes said the college expects the bond fee to generate $5.5 million a year to cover the debt service. “Historically, over the last several years we have seen an increase in students of about 1 percent over the previous year,” Judi Bonacquisti, Metro’s associate vice president for enrollment services, said. “This year we jumped up more than six percent and a majority of that came from our continuing students coming back.” While economic downturns are credited for encouraging new flocks of college applicants and prolonging graduations, Bonacquisti said effects of economic changes weren’t always predictable. “Where we are now is nowhere close to where we were five years ago,” she said. Bonacquisti added that market-
ing strategies and the institution’s comparatively lower tuition help to sustain new growth before the downturn. Due to limited space availability, Metro wants to maintain the current enrollment level and only allow growth through student retention, until the new building is completed.
“I can’t fathom enrollment dropping enough that we won’t be able to make our debt payment.”
-Natalie Lutes, vice president of administration and finance
“There would be less buildings on campuses if bonding was not used,” John Karakoulakis, director of legislative affairs at the Colorado department of higher education, said. The interest on the bond will be offset by a 45 percent federal subsidy with the Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “The idea was to move municipal issuers into the taxable market because there were many more buyers that would open up the markets for them,” Mary Wickersham, the state
treasurer’s director of initiatives, said. The bond is also under the state’s Intercept Program, which allows Colorado’s treasury to use its good credit to help public institutions get cheaper interest rates by promising to pay if Metro fails to. Under the program, a default would mean the state treasury, after paying investors, would reduce a portion of Metro’s state funding, known as the fee-for-service, which amounted to more than $70 million last year. The program “has been a tremendous cash saver for higher institutions,” Wickersham said. The building is now in the design phase, while a contractor is still being sought. Construction is anticipated to begin in a year, about a three-year process, with payments made overtime. $52 million of the bond will pay for the design and construction of the building and the rest to financing expenses. An interest rate will be announced later in the week of Nov. 15 and debt payment will be made twice a year. “We need it,” Lutes said. “There’s no question that we need it.”
F.Y.I: The word “nerd” was first coined by Dr. Seuss in “If I Ran the Zoo.” • THE METROPOLITAN • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • NEWS • A7
Student lobby fears financial cliff in 2010 Continued from A6 Colorado legislators had received many hundred phone calls, letters and e-mails, and the action had an effect. “This year we need many, many more students participating,” Andrew Bateman, Metro’s Student Government Assembly president and president of the ASC, said. The question is: How do you get the elusive students’ attention? “When you’re trying to explain the connection between higher education and the broader economic stability of the state … that’s not something people have an instant connection to,” Bateman said. “We need to find that instant reaction, that taps into the pulse … that’s one of the things we need to do.” The delegates elected a committee which will begin planning actions for the coming legislative session, beginning January. In the next two weeks before the next meeting scheduled Nov. 28, each school’s delegation will design a plan to best suit its campus on how to reach its students. The ASC organizers will be sending out a “how to” packet on engaging students in political action. But “what you say to them, your issues,” Bateman said, “is up to what each school decides.” Each school has different circumstances: some have dorms, some not, some have more campus community events, and others have almost none. What the delegates had in common was the message: Colorado’s politicians need reminding about the importance of higher education to the state, before they sit down to write the budget. William McCullough, student president of Pikes Peak Community College and an Iraq veteran, said supporting higher education for him was about serving “the people.” McCullough receives money for college from the G.I. Bill, federal money given to soldiers for serving the country so they can study. McCullough said if tuition goes up, the government would still pay his bill. But higher education needs to be affordable for everyone if Colorado is going to stay competitive in the global economy, he said. “What I am trying to do is help the system,” McCullough said. “Even though I got this free ride — I still want to see this state better off for when my children go to the school system, when I sent them to higher education.”
Veteran tells of ocean’s horror Survivor of naval disaster shares story By Taryn Jones tjone101@mscd.edu Sixty four years after the USS Indianapolis was attacked by Japanese torpedoes, Paul Murphy, one of the survivors, still tears up when recounting his story of loss and perseverance. The Metro Office of Student Activities invited Murphy to the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge Nov. 12 as part of Auraria’s Veterans Day commemoration. On July 30, 1945, the Indianapolis sank in 12 minutes leaving a few hundred men to fend off shark attacks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean while waiting to be rescued. “As the day went by, the burn victims, and the ones with broken bones, in the rafts, soon started to die. They died a horrible death. But as they passed away their life jackets were taken off and given to those that didn’t have any, and their bodies were left to float away. That, I think, is one of the main reasons the sharks began to appear,” Murphy said. The ship was a large 610foot aircraft carrier so the crew
was certain someone would notice it was gone. Murphy said the U.S. Navy took the view that the ship must have changed course on its own, that surely they would know it if had been sunk. Several hundred sailors fought off starvation and dehydration while floating on only a few life rafts and cargo nets. Remaining survivors were discovered by chance Aug. 2 by a Navy pilot who disobeyed standard operating procedure and made a water landing to save the first few. Rescue efforts proved difficult due to effects that an extended stay in sea water can have on the body. As the first men were hoisted from the water, their skin was inadvertently pulled from their arms. Out of 1,196 men originally aboard the Naval vessel, only 317 survived. For the past 15 years, Murphy has been meeting at least 25 others that rode the waves of the event with him that day in Indianapolis, IN for their annual Survivors Reunion. “It’s still a big part of who they are. It’s worth repeating [to others],” said Mark Schwartz, director of student activities.
Veteran Paul Murphy prepares to recount his World War II survival experiences Nov. 11 in the Multicultural Lounge in the Tivoli. Photo by Taryn
Jones • tjone101@mscd.edu
Preparing for tragedy
Chelsea Moller, 23, pretends to moan in agony as she lies on a stretcher Nov. 11 near an “injured” infant dummy during a mock mass casualty event at Aurora Community College in Aurora. Emergency personnel participated in the drill, a part of CCA’s First Responder Training Program, which involved a couple hundred participants including actors who played victims, protestors and members of the media. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu
A8 • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN
INSIGHT
"I really enjoy the way swimming is a sport where it's just you against the elements. I love how everything seems to melt away when I dive into the cold water and do a workout . Troubles are gone, stress is gone, it's perfect." — SWIMMING HEAD COACH CHRIS FARRIS ON A12
BIGGER VIEW What's the rush on raising water rates?
Denver Post, Nov. 15, 2009 Why would Denver Water raise residential water bills by 13 percent now when unemployment and underemployment rates are soaring and many homeowners are stuck with mortgages that are under water? More bothersome still is the fact that Denverites can expect to see big rate increases for several years. We asked Denver Water's manager, Chips Barry, why the need for such a big increase now, and he made a compelling argument for investing in upgrades before the city's century-old system falls apart. But still, we think the utility's board could have waited at least another year to begin a new, decade-long, $1.3 billion capital improvement plan. "My guess is that you're going to see very healthy (rate) increases of 7, 8 and 9 percent for the next several years," Barry told us. And as The Post's Colleen O'Connor reported, the rate Denver Water charges its residential customers per 1,000 gallons has doubled from $1.75 in 2000 to $3.50 for 2010. Denver Water serves 1.3 million people, including customers outside Denver city limits. Rates per 1,000 gallons for suburban customers will have increased 81 percent for the period, and will be $4.80 in 2010. That said, the utility's capital improvement plan includes necessary upgrades. Chief among them is the expansion of Gross Reservoir near Boulder. Originally designed to house 114,000 acre-feet of water behind a 465-foot dam, budget problems in the 1950s led to a smaller build-out. The result is that Gross holds only 41,811 acre-feet. An acre-foot of water can support 2.5 families of four for a year. Building up the dam to its originally planned height would free up another 18,000 acre-feet of water a year, or enough for about 45,000 households. The extra capacity, filled by existing water rights, and conservation plans will avoid a projected water shortage by 2030. Also, because about 80 percent of Denver Water's storage capacity exists south of Denver, suburbs in the north are vulnerable to shortages during drought years. The agency also wants to replace old valves and major hardware in Cheesman Reservoir. Because the work is done 250 feet below the surface, in a reservoir 9,000 feet above sea level and with water temperatures barely above freezing, hiring divers is a pricy affair. Denverites benefit from good decisions Denver Water has made from the beginning of its nearly 100-year history. And water bills are lower than in many jurisdictions as a result. Commitment to long-term system upgrades and maintenance is important in maintaining this vital resource. But Denver Water doesn't have immediate leaks to plug. Raising rates when so many are struggling seems unnecessary.
Written and illustrated by Adam Goldstein
THE POINT: AMERICA SHOULD BE A BEACON, NOT AN OPPRESSOR
Which way the guns are pointing
Being a college student, I never have to go very far to hear someone speak about the horrible atrocities America has or is committing in the world. Frequently I’ve seen it on these very pages, and I wonder how does someone come to such a radically different view of America to my own. To be sure America has some stains on its record. We supported some horrible regimes all over the world if they were willing to stand with us against Communism. We supported Saddam Hussein, selling him weapons in the 1980s in his war against Iran. Go back far enough and there are the stains of slavery and the subjugation of Native Americans. Naturally it isn’t a complete mystery why some people speak poorly of the U.S. But I think these people are missing the bigger picture. Yes, America has made mistakes. Yes, America will make future mistakes. But more than any other nation, America has been, as John Winthrop said, “…a city on a
SAM BLACKMER blackmar@mscd.edu hill…” a beacon unto the rest of the world. Since the end of the second World War, America has been a superpower. During that war, America sacrificed its wealth and blood to secure a free Europe, and a free Pacific Rim. Upon winning the war, we then spent our wealth rebuilding Europe and the Pacific Rim, not just our allies, but those who we had defeated as well. But we were not the only victor of the war, Western Europe became divided into a free market capitalism. Eastern Europe was ruled by totalitarian Communists. Nowhere was the contrast between
the two as noticeable as it was in Berlin. It has been 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and West Berlin is still noticeably wealthier than East Berlin, but not nearly as much so as it was before the wall fell. The Berlin Wall was constructed in 1961. It's purpose was not to keep people out, but to keep them in. Between 1961 and 1989, the people of East Berlin and East Germany were restricted from traveling to West Germany, by gunpoint; quite literally. During these years, many people said we had to learn to accept the differences between the West and the Communists, that our differences were okay and that just because they were different, it didn’t make them bad. But there were also those that recognized there could be no compromising with a people who needed to keep their people in with the threat of death. Yes, the U.S. has at times supported totalitarian dictators, some
in Latin America, others in the Far East, and we have paid the stiff price when we have done so. It has often been done in the fight against a greater enemy. Whether the price has been worth it has been debated and will continue to be debated. The U.S. has never been a nation that has needed to keep people in. Unfortunately, we are a nation that keeps people out. Were we to throw open our borders to any who could find their way here, our population would increase dramatically. People do not flee towards oppressive governments; they flee from them. This was lost on many people while the Berlin Wall stood, and is lost on many people today. While the record of the U.S. is not blemish free, it is an outstanding record nonetheless. Perhaps those who believe the U.S. to be an oppressive state should look up some of the people who crossed the wall from East to West on Nov. 9, 1989. They should also talk to the ones who crossed from West to East — if they can be found.
B1 11.19.2009 THE METROPOLITAN
Connecting one world to another Story by Dacia Johnson • djohn205@mscd.edu Photos by Dan Clements • dcleme12@mscd.edu
The offices of Uncommon Solutions were converted into a workshop on a cold Monday night in south Denver. The hallways were lined with computer monitors and cables were scattered about. A roll of bubble wrap four feet tall sits patiently waiting to be used. Eight volunteers taped boxes together and filled them with computers that would be shipped to a small village in Kenya, where they would be set up for students to use at their new Support Africa Foundation International Academy computer lab in rural Karbiri. One hundred computers were donated during the past year to Uncommon Solutions and a grant will pay for the computers to make their way to Karbiri, the village where Metro professor Lucas Shamala grew up. This is the biggest project so far for the nonprofit. Shamala came to the United States when he was 28 to earn a master’s degree at Emory University. He had no idea how to use a computer when he first arrived, so he taught himself in three weeks. “It opened up my world when I could type and use a curser,” Shamala said. From then on he thought about giving computers to kids in Kenya. Now, Shamala is an AfricanAmerican studies professor and the CEO of SAFI, an organization that helps students in Africa through various donations of technology; clothing and other supplies. The idea for SAFI began in 2004 and the organization became official in 2006. Projects include in-
Metro junior and human services major Alia Thobani, carries a personal computer from a crowded closet to the lobby, where computers are being packed.
Tyler Bench, a volunteer from computer company Uncommmon Solutions, sorts through cords before boxing them up to be shipped to Kambiri Village in Kenya. stalling water wells, building a church and a nursery school. SAFI’s current project is the SAFI Academy, an organization in Kenya that will teach life skills to combat unemployment in the area. "Everyone wants to be self-sufficient," Shamala said. Shamala said he created the foundation after traveling back and forth to Kenya. During
a visit he drank the water and developed typhoid, so the first water well was built in 2006. “The impact was so profound, it led to other projects,” Shamala said. After mastering the use of a computer, Shamala understood just how important these hi-tech machines are to the public. “The internet connects people," Shamala said. "It’s the best tool we have to
give [students] to fight ignorance and poverty." Shamala believes computers are the key to connecting the human species. "When you look at biology we are all the same, blood and bone,” Shamala said. For this project, Scott Scribner volunteered his offices for Uncommon Solutions for storage and a work place for packing computers. Scribner and Shamala met more than a year ago and have been close friends ever since. Scribner, a chief infrastructure architect; saw the need for a better use of old computers. Rather than seeing them being sold on eBay and at garage sales, he asked the owners if they would be interested in donating their computers. Scribner and Shamala put their heads together and found themselves with the idea of shipping the computers. The problem though, was they didn’t have the $10,000 to pay for shipping. Thanks to grants from different businesses and corporations — and recycled boxes —SAFI is able to ship these computers and other supplies. SAFI will have a drawing on the Auraria Campus (the date is to be announced), for $2,500 worth of furniture from American Furniture Warehouse and all donations will go to future projects at SAFI.
For more information or to get involved in the organization visit www.safiempowers.org
Metro{spective}
Professor Lucas Shamala, front, Amichia Gnekibo, rear, and Alia Thobani carefully place a monitor in one of the many shipping boxes to be shipped to Western Kenya. The computer, along with many other parts and $6 million worth of medicine donated by BKA Logistics, are headed overseas to the village where Shamala once lived.
Julie Vitkovskaya Features Editor uvitkovs@mscd.edu Gabrielle Porter Assistant Features Editor gporter8@mscd.edu
B2• FEATURES • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN
A tough rock: Dr. Andrew Taylor The geology professor that has paved his own way in the field hasn’t stopped learning. And now that he’s retired, it’s only a the next adventure.
By Morgan Bia mbia@mscd.edu
Interview with a Wolf By Julie Vitkovskaya uvitkovs@mscd.edu
Two cast members of the Twilight: New Moon, Alex Meraz and Kiowa Gordon share perspectives on Native Americans in cinema and the whirlwind that surrounds their daily lives. Having performed worldwide, what is your perspective of U.S. dance? Alex: The funding in the U.S. is like the third world – we don’t have good funding for the arts. It’s hard for people to get grassroots [dance] companies off the ground. Especially now with the economy, they’re dipping more and more into what little funding there was. Stylistically, it’s great. There’s a lot of great work out here — just no funding for it. What’s it like to be thrown into the spotlight? Kiowa: It’s crazy. It’s surreal. I’m just a regular kid. What are you doing to promote Native Americans in the acting industry? Alex: There’s a small mentality on a lot of the reservations. There’s a couple actors who are kind of the representation of natives, like Adam Beach and Eddie Spears. The kind that got everything, all of the movie roles — all the opportunities. All I had was teaching, I used to teach on reservations: dance, art and painting. Getting this opportunity was great because it wasn’t the same old guys getting the roles. The important thing is, it’s not a question when you get this role, “are we going to be a representative to native people?” or, “are you going to be role models?” — we know it. After experiencing what people go through in a reservation, they don’t have too many people to look up to.
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Most people can’t say they were born with a passion. Andrew Taylor can, though. His love for rocks, minerals, the mountains and nature started at a very young age. “I was born that way. I had no choice in the matter,” Taylor said. “When I was eight years old I encountered my first mineral crystal and it just blew me away. I was geologist right then, although I didn’t know that word then.” Taylor, who considered himself an introvert in his teen years, started reading up avidly about rocks and geology. Having grown up in Texas, Taylor moved to Colorado to be close to the mountains. He always knew he wouldn’t stay in the high plains of Texas; it’s not a great place to study geology. Taylor began teaching at Metro in the fall of 1989 and retired last May to do things, he said jokingly, that people start wanting to do before they die. He had damaged cartilage in his wrist from years of abuse, mostly digging up aquamarines,Colorado’s gemstone, at Mt. Antero. Sometimes, he lifted boulders as large as cars with pry bars. This was only part of the reason he retired. He didn’t want to quit teaching, he loved it — and would have never survived the ‘80s without it, Taylor said. At the time, Taylor was working in the petroleum oil industry, which crashed in the mid-80s, leaving many jobless. James Cronoble, a close friend of Taylor’s and a geology professor at Metro, told him he should start teaching part time. Taylor didn’t know right away if he would like teaching, but over time developed a passion for it. “People in life who don’t have a passion puzzle me. I don’t understand them,” Taylor said. At 70 years old, Taylor has had
anything but a dull life. Twenty years as a teacher at Metro was one of the big accomplishments of his life. “I had a sense of reward, I mean, they don’t pay you much,” Taylor said. “I enjoyed watching the students change from freshman to seniors.” When the Colorado geology classes were first introduced to colleges around Colorado, there was no book for Metro. So Taylor just took it upon himself to write two — “Guide to Colorado Geology,” as well as the “Red Rocks Vicinity
and Parks” guidebook. But doing so wasn’t easy. “Geologists are guilty collectively of writing geology for other geologists and not for the public,” Taylor said. “They’ve done a very poor job throughout the history of geology in educating the public.” The sidebars in his “Geology of Colorado” guidebook are filled with stories that set the scene and are easily readable for the non-geologist. Taylor received a bachelor’s de-
Retired geology professor Andrew Taylor in front of the Golden City Brewery, which he helped found. Photo by
gree in geology with a minor in math, a master’s degree in civil engineering and a Ph.D. in geology from the Colorado School of Mines. His multiple roles as teacher, geologist and writer didn’t stop Taylor in becoming part owner at the Golden City Brewery, an endeavor that he came across in the ‘80s. Now, the brewery is sixteen years old. With an unlucky crash in the oil industry, Taylor and fellow geologist Charles Sturdavant found themselves out of a job — but not out of ideas. “Charlie was a home brewer and was unemployed and decided he wanted to establish a microbrewery,” Taylor said. “So he went to all his friends and I was one of them. He said, ‘I want to create a microbrewery. Put money on the table, I want you to invest in it.’ So, well, we did.” In all honestly, Taylor thought he would lose the money, but the brewery is turning a pretty nice profit. The owners all get free pints whenever they want and they receive checks in the mail throughout the year, Taylor said. Taylor also picked up the hobby of faceting gems. It was a hobby that he says took him 40 years to master from a booklet, which came with a faceting machine he bought in 1967. “It had the fundamentals, but it wasn’t much information and I nearly wore those four pages out reading them, but I taught myself how to facet,” Taylor said. After catching the eye of onlooker, Taylor began to sell his gems and plans to sell online this winter. As for retirement, Taylor has many things planned, but mostly just getting more exercise and working on his lawn – which has sorely been neglected.
Drew Jaynes • ajaynes1@mscd.edu
CLUB BEAT
Group AMPS up community By Ashley Moreland amorela1@mscd.edu Hannah Buckman spent the beginning of her college career incomplete. She went to parties, stressed over her appearance to impress her boyfriend and strived to be the perfect student, but none of these actions filled the void. Then she found AMP — Amplifying Christ’s Mission. Buckman said that she’s still not perfect because perfection doesn’t exist, but the emptiness she once felt has been filled with Christ’s love. AMP was created three years ago and is currently a ministry of Master Plan Ministries. According to Angi Pratt, a student leader, the min-
istry’s mission is to “reach and influence others for Christ” by building a community of believers on campus. “As a commuter campus it’s hard to meet people; it’s hard to maintain friends,” Pratt said. “I was so starving for this sense of community, this sense of fellowship and togetherness and I totally found that through AMP.” AMP meets at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in Tivoli 440. The gathering starts with an ice-breaking activity followed by a time of singing with a live band. The heart of the gathering is a discussion of specific topic. The topic for the rest of the semester is “heroes.” The discussion is followed by a video or interactive activity, and then worship. AMP also hosts Bible studies and various social events. On Nov. 13 the ministry hosted “Half Night of Prayer” where students led the group in prayer and fellowship. Other events include barbecues and game nights.
On Nov. 16 the ministry hosted “Deniable Darwin.” Douglas Groothuis, a philosophy professor at the Denver Seminary, discussed scientific evidence for a creator and addressed weaknesses in Charles’ Darwin’s theory of evolution. This is the first educational event AMP has hosted and Pratt said she hopes to do more. AMP is a non-denominational ministry and is not affiliated with a church. The ministry has an inclusive, “open door” policy and everyone is welcome. There is no official membership. “Come when you can, leave when you must,” Pratt said.
Amplifying Christ For more information, contact Angi Pratt at 720-224-6892, or e-mail her at angipratt@hotmail.com
THE METROPOLITAN • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • FEATURES • B3
“Well”
Ricketson Theatre, DCPA Nov. 6 — Dec. 19
From Left: Rachel Fowler (back to camera), Kathleen Brady, Robert Jason Jackson and Erik Sandvold in the production of “Well.” Photo courtesy of DCPA
Getting better never felt so
good
There is a scientific explanation for everything — if you choose to believe it.
By Lindsay Allen lallen31@mscd.edu Are you exhausted? Irritable? Lacking energy? Suffering from something you can’t explain? “Well” by Lisa Kron has answers for you. In “Well,” Kron explores many ideas centered around the two things the Kron family values most: health and racial integration. The main question is: Why are some people sick while others are well? Are individuals in control of their health? Kron also emphasizes the importance of racial integration in not only her childhood but across the nation.
In “Well” Kron uses a metatheatrical approach, which utilizes chaos and confusion to create a rulebreaking comedy that tears down the conventional “fourth wall.” This technique masterfully puts the audience in the main characters’ shoes. Key elements that are experienced because of this process are anxiety, as her intentions are called into question; frustration, as her plans fall to pieces; and a deeper understanding of family. With a weave of multiple life experiences, “Well” juxtaposes sickness with health, black with white, humorous with intellectual and orga-
nized plans with chaos. “Well” opens with Ann Kron (Kathleen Brady) sleeping in her LaZ-Boy recliner on half of the stage and an energetic Lisa Kron (Kate Levy) on the right half of the stage explaining that this play is not about her and her mother, or about her mother’s mysterious condition that seemingly confines her to the recliner indefinitely. Lisa is directing and participating in a play about her life on the right side of the stage with her mother constantly interjecting with her experience of the memories being portrayed and her suggestions of what other memories should be included in the play. The neighborhood scenes feature cultural differences and how they play into arguments and resolutions. The allergy clinic is the most amusing aspect of the entire play. Lisa turned to the clinic for answers as to why she was so exhausted during her freshman year of college. The explanation is that she is allergic to everything, including certain types of water, like many other patients in the clinic. Lisa’s mother, on the other half of the stage, is living proof of all of the situations being explored and she offers the logical and unfortunate scientific proof, as needed, regarding how every problem in life can be traced back to allergies, from not sleeping at night to being exhausted while shopping in a mall. “Even when I was sleeping I was dreaming that I couldn’t stay awake,” Kron says.
Hospitality students help resurrect history By J. Sebastian Sinisi sinisi2@msn.com Nearly 50 Metro student volunteers played a major role last week when the Union Station Advocates group staged a gala fund raiser to restore Denver’s “Welcome/Mizpah” arch that once stood outside Union Station in Lower Downtown. The arch, that lives only in vintage photos, was a symbol of Denver long before “iconic” became a cliché, stood at 17th and Wazee from 1906 until late 1931, when city fathers had it taken down when it supposedly hindered vehicular traffic. On the night of Nov. 11, the USA non-profit group threw a “Night In Old Union Station” soirée that drew nearly 800 revelers to the station’s highceilinged great hall with a goal of raising $100,000 for the initial stages of restoring the arch. Metro students helped assure the event’s success. Forty-eight student volunteers from Metro’s Hospitality Department, directed by faculty Jackson Lamb, John Dienhart and Sandra Haynes, served dinner guests courses running from hors d’oeuvres to a main buffet to dessert. They also served high-roller guests who paid premium prices for the “oyster bar” section high up in the station’s galleries whose intent was to mimic the famed Oyster Bar in New York’s Grand Central Station. Along with corporate donations, guests —
whose dress ran a gamut from black and white tie to vintage costumes from different periods in the station’s history — paid anywhere from $75 to $200 each. “The students were there from 4:30 in the afternoon until nearly midnight and I personally cannot say enough for the job Metro did,” said USA principal Dana Crawford, who helped organize the event. “They were impressive and very professional.” Crawford added that John Collins, who handled logistics through his Arrangers special-events group, also delivered high praise. “Collins told me he has worked with every catering group in Denver and the Metro group was the most professional he’d ever experienced,” Crawford said. “As for myself, I was just dazzled.” Denver preservation pioneer Crawford, who
The original Welcome/Mizpah Arch weighed 70 tons, was built of of bronze-coated steel and was illuminated by 2,194 light bulbs — quite a feat for Denver in the early 1900s.
saved Larimer Square from the wrecker’s ball in the late 1960s and early ‘70s and who now heads the Urban Neighborhoods development firm, has been active in arch restoration schemes since the idea was first floated nine years ago. This year, she went to Metro president Stephen Jordan, she said, and it was Jordan’s idea to enlist the aid of Metro’s Hospitality Department, that enrolls 550 students. The arch greeted travelers leaving Union Station, whose current Beaux-Arts Neoclassical venue went up between 1912 to 1916, with “Welcome” on one side and “Mizpah” for those departing on the other. “Mizpah” is an ancient Hebrew parting salutation from Genesis 31:49, and translates to “The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent, one from another.” Early discussions of bringing back the arch had involved international celebrity sculptor Mario Botto, who proposed a sculpture that was, according to Crawford, “very controversial and didn’t get very far.” With nearly all of the food and evening’s entertainment donated by LoDo restaurants and local music groups, “I expect that we’ll reach the goal of $100,000,” Crawford said. “It’s a great start. But the most important point is that we showed we’re well past the talking stage and very serious about restoring the arch.”
Apps for under your caps TechBytes By Drew Jaynes ajaynes1@mscd.edu Web applications are growing in popularity among students, so I thought it pertinent to find a few geared to helping them study smarter. Below are my top picks for students.
Diigo
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www.diigo.com An online research tool students can use to highlight information found on the internet and store it for later. Diigo can help you highlight information found online such as written information, images, etc., and make sure you can locate it later in a flash. Cost: Free
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MindMeister
www.mindmeister.com An online collaborative brainstorming tool to map out ideas. There is nothing most students dread more than working on a group project, especially when everyone isn’t on the same wavelength. MindMeister’s online application makes group mindmapping a snap. Cost: Free plan gets 3 mindmaps
NoteMesh
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www.notemesh.com An online collaborative notetaking application geared to college students. If you’ve ever had one of those classes with really dense lectures, NoteMesh could ease a little of that pain by letting everyone pool their notes into a master set. Of course, the app relies on you getting your classmates to join, but it really is a novel idea. Notes would be more complete, and studying for exams would be cake. Cost: Free
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Postica
www.posti.ca A web-based sticky-note application, which allows users to write reminders and notations to themselves and post them all over the web.If you’ve ever done online research, one of the more difficult aspects to keep track of are blurbs of info and their sources. Postica can help you keep those tidbits of info organized. Cost: Free
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Flashcard Exchange
www.flashcardexchange.com If you don’t have your own flashcards to share with the world, you just might be able to find cards on the subject you’re looking for. Flashcards are available on a multitude of subjects and in several languages. Cost: Free
B4 • METROSPECTIVE • NOVEMBER 19, 2009
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • METROSPECTIVE • b5
THE metropolitan
RIGHT: Joe Hoschover laughs through the pain of catching his finger in a pair of handcuffs Oct. 9 during a training exercise at the Guardian Angels’ headquarters in Denver. BELOW: Denver Guardian Angels’ assistant chapter leader Ryan Dennis laughs while checking out the scene Oct. 7 at the Ogden Theatre while on patrol down Colfax Ave.
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ngels of Colfax
Story and photos by Leah Millis lmillis@mscd.edu
Ryan Dennis plays with a pair of handcuffs after a training exercise Oct. 10 at the Guardian Angels’ base in Denver.
A man’s voice rings out, piercing the cold October air, as he waves his switch blade wildly in front of him while yelling, “this is my boy right here, anybody fucks with [him], I swear to God… I’ll kill ‘em!” Not every homeless person or pedestrian is as die-hard as “Chicago” about Denver’s Guardian Angels. Named for his hometown, Chicago wears a signature white construction hat with his name painted across the front. He’s known for his boisterous personality and dirty jokes. Ryan Dennis, the assistant chapter leader for the group, looks momentarily concerned but speaks in an even tone as he tells Chicago to put the knife away. Chicago continues to yell threats through his thick, slurring accent to anyone who is within earshot, “‘Cause I don’t care! ‘Cause I might as well go to prison for the rest of my life ‘cause I ain’t got nothin’ left!” To Dennis, and the rest of the four-man patrol, this is a common occurrence — he’s been patrolling Colfax Avenue with the Guardian Angels for more than nine years. Known for their bright red berets and jackets, the Angels have developed a reputation in Denver as the keepers of Colfax. Despite their somewhat intimidating presence and generally
larger builds, the members are trained to avoid violence at all costs. The Angels’ motto, “Dare to Care” is a call to everyone to, as Denver founder Sebastian Metz puts it, “bring back that old neighborhood spirit of people helping each other out. When they see a time and a need, to not hesitate.” The Guardian Angels got their wings in 1979 in New York when a local McDonald’s night manager named Curtis Silwa decided to start a 13-person patrol of crime-ridden subways. The group grew, and in 1993, a Denver chapter was founded by Metz. Today the Denver Guardian Angels have more than 200 graduated members and 17 who are still active in the organization. Though each member is trained in various forms of martial arts on a weekly basis, they are also trained in what Dennis refers to as “verbal judo,” the art of defusing a situation without getting physical. Each member knows how to make a citizen’s arrest and they know how to defend themselves if they are ever attacked. The Angels do not carry any weapons — following a strict rule within the group. “Our members are not out there to try and
hurt people. We’re just trying to be more of a visual deterrent for crime,” Dennis said. Other than breaking up the occasional fight and providing a sense of security for pedestrians in the area, the Angels work a lot with the local homeless population. According to Dennis, they know many of the local homeless people by name, and try to look out for them when they can: providing water, food and occasionally gloves, coats and blankets to those who request them. That’s why they’re waiting for Chicago to calm down — to let him know his supplies are on the way. Yet Chicago continues to shout, challenging the now concerned patrollers to name anything that he has in this world. They respond hopefully, reminding him that he will soon have food, gloves and a blanket. Chicago goes quiet, immediately calm with his shoulders slumped. He takes in a breath, considering, then says, “you guys love me?” “Yes!” Dennis exclaims. “Of course,” fellow patroller Joe Hoschever states. Chicago pauses, then seems to find himself again as he exclaims, “Hey, I got another joke!”
TOP: Four members of Denver’s Guardian Angels evening patrol walk in succession down 14th Avenue back to their headquarters Oct. 9 after a fairly uneventful evening. BOTTOM: A man who known as “Chicago,” far left, brandishes his knife while yelling about protecting Ryan Dennis, center, and Joe Hoschever Oct. 9 on Colfax Avenue. Chicago, a familiar figure to Dennis and Hoschever, proclaimed that he would injure anyone if they threatened the Angels.
B6 • AUDIOFILES • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN
sounding off: Words from The Big Pink This past September, the London duo known as The Big Pink released the album, A Brief History of Love, which has received nothing but critical acclaim. Influenced by an array of artists such as Stone Roses, Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys, best friends Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell set out to make some noise together in 2007 and have yet to stop. Their tour hits Denver for one night at Larimer Lounge right after an hour long DJ set at Twist and Shout. Furze took time out of their busy touring schedule to speak with the Met.
Interview by Julie Maas • pretko@mscd.edu JM: Is it true that you pretended to be a gay couple to promote your album? JF: No, not at all. We got bored of using all the crappy photos that they were taking at the time. We wanted to do something different. A photographer from Vice Magazine wanted us to reenact a photo done by Gavin Watson of two skinheads kissing in the street and composition-wise, we thought that would be pretty cool. We did a few other homoerotic art photos as well, but we weren’t pretending to be gay to promote anything like people were saying. JM: What made you decide to cut an album together? JF: We’ve been friends since we were about 17 years old. We were always doing stuff together and we started a small label together that produced a lot of traditional and hardcore noise. One Christmas Milo just called me and said, “Let’s make some noise together.” So that’s what we did. JM: You pretty much produced this album by yourselves, why did you go to the 4AD label for your album rather than using your own label? JF: They approached us, actually. We really liked how laid back they were. Guys from other labels just seemed like pricks and these guys were cool from the start. They just wanted to make music with us. We loved the legacy of the label. I didn’t even know who was on there before we were signed. Bands like the Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance, we loved those
guys. We are the first band from England that they have signed in 10 years, so that was an honor as well. JM: 4AD tends to have some unique artists in their catalog and you seem to fit perfectly, who would you say are your influences? JF: Early ‘90s English bands. Early American stuff like Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr., and Sonic Youth. We love industrial guitars like Ministry. I would even say mid- ‘90s hip-hop like Beastie Boys. JM: You do have a lot of different elements to your style, why do you think people try to define you with a genre? JF: People like to pigeonhole everything to make themselves feel more comfortable about what they are listening to. I think it’s lazy and annoying. I think it’s a bit closed minded actually. We haven’t even really found our sound yet, at this point we are still trying to define it. If we can’t define it, how can they? The next record will probably be more focused. This one was just us getting together and making music. JM: You recorded both in London and at Electric Lady Studio in New York City. What was the reasoning behind recording in both cities? JF: We have a studio in London where we got the bulk of the album done. Then it was more like filling in the guitars and vocals. We wanted it to be mixed by Rich Costey and he works at Electric Lady. It just seems like a more fitting idea than having him come to London. We re-
ally love New York. It was going from one really cool city to another. We feel like it made it more of an urban record. JM: For those who don’t know you, how did you come up with your name? JF: I am a huge Band fan. Their album, Music from the Big Pink, was really important to me growing up and I just liked the name. Lots of penis connotations. It was very phallic and punk in that respect. Maybe our answer to the Sex Pistols. JM: This is an album that should be listened to loud, what should people expect from your live show?
The Big Pink
JF: We are much more aggressive live, the record is definitely more reserved. We are crazier and louder, there’s smoke--It’s out of control! JM: You are playing an 8 P.M. DJ set for free at Twist and Shout before the show at Larimer Lounge, what made you choose to do that? JF: We love to DJ. We play parties all over Europe and London. It’s a lot of fun for us so we took the opportunity.
The Big Pink
9 p.m., Nov. 23 @ Larimer Lounge, $13
The Gift of Gab talks new LP, hip-hop’s future The Gift of Gab is best known for being half of the hip-hop duo Blackalicious, along with his DJ, Chief XCel. Having done five Blackalicious albums, he also launched a solo album called 4th Dimensional Rocket Ships Going Up. Gab is widely known for his intelligent lyrics and excellent flow. He is well-known by anyone who considers themselves part of the underground hip-hop community and is a connoisseur of the wide world of hip-hop and rap music.
Interview by Morgan Bia • mbia@mscd.edu MB: Do you think that underground hip-hop is dying as a genre? GG: I think that it’s up to us, people that love it, people that love the art and the people that love the culture. I think that if we let it die it would die. I think it’s a very strong thing that’s being spread around right now, that statement. ... I think there are a lot of younger people who didn’t grow up with the culture aspect of it. In order to be an MC you had to battle, you had to rock your high school, you had to rock a house party. It wasn’t about making money. I think that the problem is that, now-a-days the younger cats look at it strictly as a hustle, not as a pass time, not as a cultural thing. ... It’s more about making money. But there are definitely folks out there that are bringing it right now. I think that major corporations are obviously going to push what’s mostly commercial. There are a lot of great commercial artists ... I wouldn’t even say commercial, but artists that have broken into the mainstream. But as long as people keep bringing it, it comes from inside. I plan to continue to bring it on a musical level and lyrical level. MB: Where did your influences come from? Who or what has inspired you? GG: From all over. I mean, I grew up on every-
body from Curtis Blow to Grand Master Flash to Run DMC, LL Cool J. I was hooked once I heard “Rapper’s Delight.” That was the first, honestly I was from the west coast so I didn’t get to experience the early days in the south Bronx, but you know, I was hooked the first time I heard “Rapper’s Delight” and from that point on, I was always going to be a fan of hip-hop.
“I express my truths, my experiences and my visions and at the end of the day I’m just being myself.” MB: How do you think your style has changed from Melodica, your Blackalicious EP or Nia to The Craft? GG: I think that it’s just evolved. I think that, for me, it’s all about exploration. I’m definitely into styles, bringing words together and trying to be instrumental in the music. It’s almost like an exploration of where can I go next, what does this beat bring out? Where can I go that I haven’t gone stylistically?
MB: Where do you see yourself as an inspiration to the hip-hop community? GG: I think I’m just honest. I just tell my truth. I express my truths, my experiences and my visions and at the end of the day I’m just being myself. So, I think just being a human being, I connect with other human beings. MB: What’s the craziest thing that has ever happened to you on the road or on tour? GG: Wow. One time we were in Sweden and we were rolling and it was snowing. We were rollin’ and the ground was really slippery. There were six or seven of us in the van and the van started hydroplaning on the ice, did about four 360s and banged against the rail. On the other side of the rail there was a deep drop. Everybody was okay. But it was just like, wow somebody was looking out for us. What if other cars were coming or we flipped over the rail? MB: What’s your personal favorite song to perform or do you have a favorite album that you’ve done? GG: Nah, I like everything. Everything is different because they are all different parts of who I am. MB: What have been some of the toughest battles in your life or career?
The Gift of Gab GG: You know, I think it’s the universal battle of spirit versus ego. The battle of just trying to be the best person that I can be every day. I think everyone goes through that, just being the best person I can in terms of what I believe God’s will is for me. Every day, that’s the hardest battle.
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Japandroids
9 p.m., Nov. 22 @ Larimer Lounge, $12 Kick off your break with Canada’s Japandroids. Nov. 22 they will be storming the Larimer Lounge. The noisy duo are coming to town in support of their critically acclaimed debut Post-Nothing. With a lo-fi sound and plenty of loud fuzzed-out guitar, it should be a show that’s guaranteed to make you sweat. Their debut oozes with pure rock ‘n’ roll that should only be amplified in a live setting. Straight forward and in your face, it’s obvious Japandroids are having a good time, and it is contagious when listening to Post-Nothing. Be sure to check out this much-bloggedabout band while you have the chance. And at such a tiny venue, it should be a great opportunity to experience some intense noise and energy.
The Limbs
9 p.m., Nov. 25 @ Bender’s Tavern, $7 Denver’s own The Limbs will be taking the stage Nov. 25 at Bender’s Tavern for what’s being called Limbsgiving. Not only that, but the one-man-band is giving you something extra to be thankful for with the release of a brand new EP, his first new record since 2007’s Boo The Villain. If you think being only one man would limit his personal style, think again. The Limbs draws influences from all over the map ranging from Slayer to Prince. He can change genres at the drop of a hat, and is so adept at his instruments that if you close your eyes you might even think a trio is on stage. The Limbs is one of the most underrated bands in Denver, and he is sure to blow you away.
An interview with The Limbs is available online.
By James Kruger jkruger1@mscd.edu
Hatebreed
6:30 p.m., Nov. 23 @ Ogden Theater, $23 Nothing quite ushers in the holiday season like family, turkey dinner, football, Hatebreed and Cannibal Corpse. And who doesn’t remember those long shopping days with Ma and Pa coming to their crescendo amidst the sounds of Unearth, Born of Osiris and Hate Eternal? Ahhh, the times. Well, metal fans have something to be thankful for when all that hardcore converges on one night, Nov. 23 at the Ogden. Grammynominated headliners Hatebreed are riding into town in support of the recently released self-titled album. And with a power list of openers like that on the bill, the show promises to make the noise just like Grandma used to…just with more metal and really, really dark imagery.
Swell Season
8 p.m., Nov. 29 @ Ogden Theater, $35 Some bands break up (see Aerosmith when Joe Perry comes to his senses) and others have break ups (see Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors). Fortunately for indie-lovers, the real-life lovers the Swell Season might no longer be a couple but they still are a duo. Falling in love both onscreen and off during the filming of the movie “Once,” Frames’ singer Glen Hansard and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova used their love to fuel their self-titled debut, and their split to create their most recent Strict Joy. Ambient, emotional and evocative but never insincere, the pair’s minimalist sound is a chill way to spend a chilly night out with the one you love, or a subtle way to let the one you don’t love know that’s it time to go your own way.
Blackalicious The Craft
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There is usually that one album or artist everyone can remember that sparked their interest in a certain genre of music. For me, that album was The Craft by Blackalicious and the genre was hip-hop. As a teenager, going through the normal experience of who the hell you are and what the hell you want to do in life, I was trying to find out what music I liked. Interestingly enough, anything that involved “rap” or KS-107.5, I deemed mainstream and therefore, did not like. When you’re a teenager, your mind is like a tiny little box. Just a little bit fits in it, nothing strays outside of it and nothing can come inside. I was close-minded in other words, not having yet experienced a world of beautiful music, and not even allowing myself to open my ears to new sound. My brother Brandon was there when the underground hip-hop scene had just begun. He was a young MC and a hip-hop connoisseur, so it was only natural I listen to it eventually. When I finally gave it a chance, I realized it wasn’t just a lot of incomprehensible babble that runs a long a boring club beat, it was something much more. There was thought and intelligence in these lyrics, rhythm and rhyme. It was beautiful and still is to this day. Blackalicious wasn’t the first hip-hop group to arrive on the scene, but definitely molded hiphop into its own, unique sound. The Craft is what I consider the absolute goods when it comes to hip-hop music and is an album that I will never forget. Anyone who likes hip-hop or even has respect for it, should pick up this album and listen to one song, I guarantee you’ll like what you hear. The song “Rhythm Sticks” delivers an amazingly contagious beat right off the bat. Once The Gift of Gab begins his flow, you realize this is more than your average rap. “If you ain’t heard about my crew/ I guess I have to spell it then/B/B is for the beat you knock while puffin’ on you L/L is for the lyrics on the beat that you have to get to A ...” He goes on to spell out the rest of Blackalicous with similar wit and power. To this day, listening to this song just makes me happy and gives me an instinctual reaction to immediately start noddin’ my head. Discovering music is a life-changing experience in itself, especially discovering a whole new genre of music. This album not only sparks memories of reminiscing the past, it also reminds me of how good hip-hop is and always will be. I put this album on sometimes when I’m just feeling down and The Craft by Blackalicious gives you that encouragement to go on with your day.
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THE METROPOLITAN • November 19, 2009 • INSIGHT • A9
THE POINT: SCHOOL’S INSURANCE IS EXPENSIVE
Health insurance woes
I’m sure many of you feel my pain. No pun intended. It’s more of a pain in my rear end though because I have been “released” from my parent’s health insurance. Released is way too nice, though. In reality, I have been kicked off. “No insurance for you!” All because they moved to a different state. Having no insurance has left me with a feeling of resentment. It’s like the government is saying “No, you can’t go rock climbing or skydiving because if you fall, nobody will pay for you to be in the hospital.” I tried getting cheap insurance that covers “major medical” only, but a bad cold could potentially leave me with a large bill. I can’t get insurance through work because I only work part-time jobs. I’m stuck with the school’s insurance and having that extra $660 taken from my once-adored refund check. This semester I was left with a lame few hundred dollars after my insurance was paid, which, as you
DACIA JOHNSON
djohn205@mscd.edu all know, doesn’t even cover the cost of textbooks. I figure since I have a security blanket now, I may as well take advantage of it. Now, let it be known, I am not a hypochondriac, but I have been to the Auraria Campus Medical Center five times in the past three weeks. Don’t worry, nothing is seriously wrong. I went in for a physical which led to blood work and a thorough exam of my many freckles. Lucky for me, I was born with sun-sensitive
skin — also known as pale-unableto-tan-only-burn-high-potentialfor-skin-cancer-sun-sensitive skin. When I was little, I was told my freckles are really angel kisses. Well, I’d like to talk to whoever told me that — because now I’m having my “angel kisses” removed with a cookie cutter. Angel kisses and cookie cutters sound quite pleasant but the reality is I’m having chunks of skin removed, and skinless holes on my back and stomach will be stitched closed with the pretty blue floss-like strings--not so pleasant. But hey, it’s free, so I may as well have as many angel kisses removed as possible while I’m still in school. I will give the medical center props though; it’s a very nice facility and every doctor I have had has been caring and informative. The center is geared toward college students as well, so there is a lot of information about all the stresses of being in school and how to deal with them.
And if you’ve got a lot of angel kisses like me, they have neat pamphlets for you. They’ve got pamphlets on almost anything you could possibly need, and my favorite is the poster of what happens to the human body when marijuana is “ingested.” The clinic probably looks a little different these days due to the breakout of the Swine Flu, or H1N1 if you want to sound proper. Every time I’ve stepped foot in the clinic there is at least one patient with a mask on, and just my luck that patient always finds the seat next to me the most comfortable This doesn’t scare me away though because I have health insurance! So bring it on Swine Flu or whatever yummy germs there are floating around campus, the clinic will welcome me with open arms now all because I’ve got a little plastic card that says yes, you can go rock climbing or skydiving and if you fall we will pay for you — at least most of it — to be in the hospital!
THE POINT: SKIING IS GREAT IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT
The old man and the ski
“Dude!! Snow!” It usually only takes a few flakes to set serious skiers and shredders salivating and, this year, we had a big dump while it was still October. While only a couple of runs might be open now at the gotta-befirst ski areas, October’s snow was manna from Heaven for early-season skiers and riders . Many are kids who will swear they’re fierce non-conforming rebels. But they still manage to all look the same in their baggy-ass pants, flannel shirts not cool since Kurt Cobain grunge, Laplander hats and goofy, stoner grins. They see my white hair and avoid me on lift lines. I return the favor, since my idea of a fun lift ride doesn’t involve folks with vocabularies of 10 words or non-verbals with the personality of a ski pole. A few years ago, a friend asked “You still ski? At your age?” My reply: “Why do you think we live here? For the great newspapers? The great universities? The cultural scene? The Broncos?” Skiing still remains a reason to be here. But that reason – like the snowpack in some locales – seems to shrink a bit each season. And at risk of sounding like one of those chronic kvetch-ers who insist that everything — Denver’s traffic, the Broncos’ pass rush; name it — used to be better, some of the fun, for me, has fled from skiing. It’s entirely possible that this subtle shift — getting less subtle every year — is simply a function of my age. But a lot more has to do with the price of skiing and what I’m now
J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com willing to put up with. They’re going in opposite directions. Time was when I thought nothing of driving the 100 miles to Vail; even if snow was in the forecast. Now, I think twice and three times. Having gotten used to muchcloser A-Basin, Breckenridge and Keystone, Vail’s distance seems like a hassle on I-70; even on weekdays. Weekend skiing, with bumper-tobumper I-70 traffic, has joined the realm of forget-about-it. The same goes for terrain and trails. Where I once thought little of doing double-diamonds, I now leave them and steep moguls to 20-somethings with rubber couplings for knees. I’ve had rotator-cuff injuries, but my own knees are thankfully intact when lots of people I know — my age and younger — have been sidelined by knee and hip replacements. Don’t snicker, because it can someday happen to you, too. Years ago, I’d do black-diamond trails like Corkscrew at Telluride, Mach 9 at Breckenridge, Blue Ox at Vail and Pali at A-Basin. Now, I’m content to cruise Cranmer at Winter Park, Ramshorn at Vail and Frenchman at Brecken-
ridge. With lots less to prove at this stage of life, the blue and green trails are much more relaxing. Having said all that, there aren’t too many things — well, maybe a few — that come close to hanging your tips over an edge on Vail’s back side with a cerulean sky above and a wraparound of white slopes below as you steer clear of the cliffs and start tracking down China Bowl. At 11,000 feet, you feel halfway to Heaven. That’s also true when you get off the gondola at the top of Aspen’s Ajax mountain. And if you can’t clear the carburetors of the soul up there, you’re in trouble. Getting up there, though, involves hassles I’ve become lots less willing to put up with. For Vail, you’ve got the round-trip 200-mile drive. Then there’s the price of parking that skyrockets by the hour like a Shylock’s interest. Vail used to have nooks and crannies where you could park free if you knew the ropes. They’ve all been obliterated by a billion-dollar expansion of new facilities certainly not geared to Front Range day-skiers. Added to that pricey gumbo is an unspoken attitude that seems to ask, “if these prices are off-putting, why are you even here?” Good question. Did I mention lift tickets? Unless you’ve booked an out-of-state package, ticket tariffs at the big-ass areas are creeping close to $100 per pop/ per person/per day. Locally “discounted” tickets are a joke and the Colorado Pass, while good at five areas, now goes for $459. What do families of five do?
Once the preserve of monied New Englanders and well-heeled Europeans, skiing in America took a quantum leap after the 1960 Winter Olympics staged at Squaw Valley, Calif. By the ‘70s, slopes were awash with kids skiing in jeans and overalls and you could see old-guard nostrils twitching with disdain. But the democratization of skiing didn’t last as spiraling prices across the board helped restore an older and more elite order. In the last 15 years, Colorado ski areas have spent scores of millions on upgrades like more terrain and high-speed quad chairs. But their onetime core market — that includes aging boomers and people like me — continues to shrink. So they had to welcome snowboarders as the industry’s future. The welcome was hardly with open arms as many areas continued to bar riders. Aspen’s Ajax, one of the last holdouts, didn’t allow shredders until April Fool’s Day six years ago. Not feeling at all the fool, I was there for the party. Against all the new steel, glass and chrome bling, I still miss a time when Aspen Highlands was one of the few unadorned throwbacks to the way ski areas used to be. It’s now yupped-up and only ABasin and Ski Cooper are among the remaining reminders. So when we got nearly two feet of snow during October’s final days, the euphoria wasn’t quite the same for me. I may yet modify that stance and may still see you on the slopes. If you and I both decide to afford it.
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A10 • SPORTS • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN
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SPORTS
“When I was 8 years old, I encounted my first mineral crystal and it just blew me away. I was a geologist right then, although I didn’t know that word then.” -DR. ANDREW TAYLOR, RETIRED GEOLOGY PROFESSOR, METROSPECTIVE, B2
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metro 3 - Regis 0 • Metro 3 - Mesa 2 • Metro 3 - UNK 2
Conference Champions By Enrico Dominguez edoming2@mscd.edu
The Metro volleyball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit, Nov. 14, knocking off No. 3 University of Nebraska-Kearney, to capture the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship in Nebraska. “It was the best feeling in the world, especially being down 2-0 in their gym with 2,000 fans,” outside hitter Bri Morley said. “It was phenomenal, like the best thing we’ve ever experienced so far as a team.” The win shattered a six-game losing streak against the Lopers dating back to 2006. It was also the first time Metro has won on the road in Kearney since 2002, a streak of 10 losses. The Roadrunners earned the No. 7 seed in the Division II NCAA Tournament. “I couldn’t ask for a better seed,” Head Coach Debbie Hendricks said. “It may sound low, but because the region is so strong just getting in is an honor. I think the seventh seed is the very best seed we could have possibly gotten.” Morley opened the deciding set with a kill to put libero Amy Watanabe at the service line, where she followed with four straight points, including an ace, putting the Roadrunners up 5-0 in the fifth set. The Lopers answered scoring seven of the next 11 points, cutting the lead to 9-7. To end
the match, Morley had her 20th kill of the night, while UNK achieved their 23rd attack error, making the score 14-8. Game point for the match was off setter Gabe Curtis’ setter dump for the win, making the score a final 159. The Roadrunners won the third and fourth set 25-23 and 25-19. “The main thing was, we didn’t lose our composure, we didn’t lose our confidence,” Hendricks said. “In game four, I thought the momentum went just completely in our direction. In five games, anything can happen.” Metro also beat Mesa State in semifinals and Regis University in quarterfinals in the RMAC Tournament. Morley was named RMAC Tournament MVP after averaging 4.31 kills per set in the three matches. “It’s pretty cool,” Morley said. “It’s a big reflection on my team. They help me look that good.” Curtis and middle blocker Julie Causseaux were also named to the RMAC All-Tournament team. Causseaux totaled 32 kills and hit .419 with 14 blocks, while Curtis averaged 11.38 assists and 2.69 digs with 148 assists, 35 digs, seven blocks, seven kills and two aces. The Roadrunners have earned 10 consecutive trips to the NCAA with this being Hendricks’s 10th year at Metro. The women will be traveling to St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 19, to play Southwest Minnesota State. If they win, they will either play Kearney or Minnesota-Duluth.
THIS WEEK
11.19 Volleyball
Noon vs. Southwest Minnesota State
11.20 Women’s Soccer
11 a.m. vs. Mines Women’s Basketball 3 p.m. vs. West Texas A&M
11.21 Women’s Basketball
TBA vs. University of the Southwest Cross Country 3 p.m. @ NCAA Championships Men’s Basketball 3 p.m. vs. South Dakota Tech
11.22 Men’s Basketball
5 p.m. vs. Johnson & Wales Defensive specialist Ngoc Phan, center, celebrates with her teammates after winning the RMAC Championship Nov. 14 against University of Nebraska-Kearney in Nebraska. Photo courtesy of A. Sanan Bhailia • bhailaas@unk.edu
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Overtime win propels soccer to third round By Matt Gypin mgypin@mscd.edu
Metro’s women’s soccer team share a group hug on the field after Becca Mays scored the winning goal Nov. 15 during overtime in the NCAA Central Region Tournament semifinals against University of Minnesota Duluth. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu
SIDELINE
The Metro women’s soccer team overcame the elements and beat the University of Minnesota-Duluth 2-1 in overtime on a 31-degree day Nov. 15 at Auraria Field, advancing to the NCAA regional finals. Forward Becca Mays scored both goals for Metro, the first with five minutes left in regulation, to give the Roadrunners a 1-0 lead. After the Bulldogs tied it up a minute later to send it into overtime, Mays received a pass from midfielder Madison McQuilliams and netted the game-winner five minutes into the first extra period. “It felt really awesome,” Mays
said. “I think we did that same play like five times and I think all five times I got called offside. Finally, we did it again and it worked the last time. I knew that since I didn’t get called, I had to finish it because it was going to be the one chance that we had.” The game was delayed an hour, until 2 p.m., after a snowstorm covered Auraria Field with seven inches of snow. School administrators, as well as Metro’s baseball and softball teams, worked all morning to get the field in game shape. Head Coach Adrianne Almaraz said the fact the game was even played at all was a testament to the school’s staff.
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Say What? “Metro Man does make visiting-team fan harassment more acceptable. If I were to say the same things without the costume, it may cause hard feelings, but in costume, everyone accepts that anything I say is all done in loving fun.”
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Swimming Head Coach Chris Farris feature, A12 Metro Man Kevin Ryan, A13
A12 • SPORTS • NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • THE METROPOLITAN • Before 1945, the bases on a baseball field were arranged in a “U” shape.
Club swimming competes in last meet of year By Josiah Kaan jkaan@mscd.edu The Metro club swim team traveled to Boulder Nov. 14 to compete in a dual meet with their University of Colorado counterparts. It was the last meet they will compete in until January. “Overall I think, as a team, we’re doing real good,” swimming and diving Head Coach Chris Farris said. “As a team, we swam real strong considering the workouts I’ve been giving these guys.” Since the Roadrunner club team has 20 new athletes this year, the experience of the Buffalo squad was apparent. “Over half of their team has been involved in swimming far longer than 90 percent of this team,” Farris said. “I think they, easily, can out swim us, but it’s my goal every year to try and come as close as we can, strength wise, in the water.” Farris said that although it is an inexperienced club team, several swimmers did better than he had expected. “All the new athletes continue to improve in all their events,” Farris said. “The older, more experienced athletes were able to out-swim what I thought they were going to do, based on the training that they’ve been
Metro senior Averill Sehler finishes the mile race with a smile Nov. 14 at a dual meet held at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Photo by Chancey Bush • cbush7@mscd.edu doing and how many events I entered them in. Sophomore swimmer Kendra Dobie gave the Buffaloes all they could handle, contending in six events during a two-and-a-half hour span. “It was a tough meet but, overall, I’m happy with it,” Dobie said. “It’s
hard trying to compete back-to-back and still succeed.” Dobie’s first four events of the day came within the first hour, but that was not enough to deter her from recording a personal best time,1:12.64, and placing first in her last race of the day.
“She was able to keep pushing herself to keep moving in the water,” Farris said. “Her very last event was the 100 [yard] breaststroke. Twoand-a-half hours after sprinting or swimming five other events, she was pretty tired, but she was able to still swim faster than she had all season
so far.” Senior Averill Sehler found her tempo in the 1,650-yard freestyle event placing first with a time of 19:23.92, almost a minute and a half better than sophomore Buffalo swimmer Lizzie Miller. “She got faster throughout the entire thing, which is nuts,” Farris said. On the men’s side of the meet, sophomore Tyler Volz placed third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:59.27. The next time the ‘Runners will compete will not be until January 22-24 when they go to the Colorado College Classic. Until then, tough training sessions are in store for the team. “We’ll go through this week,” Farris said. “Then I’m going to put all the athletes through what I call hell week, which is roughly ten practices that will test everybody’s limits.” Farris said, the best way for the Metro swimmers to continue to improve is with consistent training. “That’s all it ever comes down to in swimming is keep training, keep improving everybody and what they do,” Farris said. “Swimming is one of those weird sports where you can always improve something.”
Farris takes club team’s reins after demotion
By Lindsay Lovato llovato5@mscd.edu
It’s dedication and passion that drives the Metro swimming and diving Head Coach Chris Farris to do what he does. After swimming and diving was demoted from a varsity sport, Farris took on the challenge of keeping the sport alive at Metro. “I love the sport too much to just let it slip away,” Farris said. “I wanted the entire incoming freshmen class to have the same opportunities at competition that I had.” Farris graduated from Metro in December 2008 with a degree in criminal justice, but has been a part of the swim team for roughly six years now. He can swim all four competitive strokes but he prefers to swim sprint breaststroke and sprint freestyle. He swam for Metro from 20042008. Metro was the only school who recruited him to swim. In 2008, he returned as the president and coach of Metro’s swimming and diving team. And it’s his team that continues to amaze him with their dedication. “I’m proud that they continue to show me how well they can do and how fast they can swim. And, I’m proud, as a coach to see them all get
better,” Farris said. 0, who has been swimming since he was 5 or 6 years old, credits his father for molding him into the athlete he is today. “I’ve always pushed to be a better athlete because he was such a great athlete back in the day,” Farris said. “Nothing makes me happier than seeing the look on his face when I perform well at my sport.” A few years ago, Farris had the opportunity to swim against Michael Phelps at a swim camp for kids in the five-state area at the University of Denver. Farris was one of the instructors for the kids and a lifeguard at the pool. “I can honestly say that I raced Michael Phelps and beat him,” Farris said. “[Of] Course it wasn’t all swimming. It was over an inflatable island that I had hours and hours of playtime on, so I was pretty good at getting across it. But, I beat him.” Farris has overcome many obstacles. He went through five coaches in five years while he was on the varsity team at Metro. He worked endlessly to keep the team together by assistant coaching, helping teammates pass classes and helping out with personal problems. A goal for the future of the club is to
go varsity again. As a coach, Farris inspires and motivates his team to strive for improving their techniques. “He just motivates everyone and he definitely helps everyone out with our strokes,” Meghann Castillo, a fellow teammate said. “I didn’t know how to swim last year at all and I came to the program and he was just so helpful. He gave me great tips and just kept pushing me. He would never let me give up no matter how tired I was, he’d be like, ‘No keep going, push yourself.’” In the future, Farris aspires to be a firefighter and recently finished his EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) certification. He’s currently working on applying to fire departments. Now, he has retired from competition but still works out on a daily basis. “I just watch and I don’t dive in,” Farris said. But it’s his passion for the sport that will never retire. “I really enjoy the way that swimming is a sport where it’s just you against the elements,” Farris said. “I love how everything seems to melt away when I dive into cold water and do a workout. Troubles are gone, stress is gone, it’s perfect.”
Club swimming Head Coach Chris Farris. Photo by Adriana Carlson •
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Roadrunners gear up for Mines Continued from A11 “When I went out there in the morning, I thought that it potentially would be postponed until [Monday],” Almaraz said. “I thought everyone who came out and helped out did a phenomenal job. There were some people out since 4:30 in the morning to clear the field and by noon, we were able to get out there and warm up. It was a tribute to all the staff that we were able to play.” Almaraz said the cold weather was a factor for both teams but did not take away from her team’s focus. “It was wet out there and obviously the ball was slippery and some of the girls were slipping around,” Almaraz said. “It was very cold, so for both teams to play in those conditions was obviously a little bit tougher. We had to have our jackets on and stay as warm as we could. Anytime you’re in a situation where it’s a game that could be the end of the season, you’re not really thinking about the cold; you’re just more worried about what’s going on in the field.” Almaraz said the keys to the victory were not making mistakes on a slippery field and finishing opportunities as they presented themselves. “In the tournament, you know you’re not going to get many chances but when you do get chances you
want to take advantage of them,” Almaraz said. “Obviously the goal that Becca [Mays] scored with five minutes to go and then the overtime goal were both very good goals. And we definitely took advantage of an opportunity to finish the game off and get a win.” The Roadrunners will face Colorado School of Mines at 11 a.m. Nov. 20 at Auraria Field in the Central Regional final. If Metro wins, they will face the winner of Grand Valley State and Northern Kentucky Nov. 22 at Auraria Field, with a trip to the Final Four in Tampa on the line. The Roadrunners are taking it one game at a time, however. “We’re pretty confident,” Mays said. “We beat [Mines] 6-1 in the beginning of the season but they’ve gotten a lot better. We’ve been in this situation before, we know how to handle it. We just need to come out with the right intensity and not be too frantic with it.”
SPORTS BRIEFs
Metro women’s soccer forward Becca Mays was named to the first team allregion Nov. 17 by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Metro forward Becca Mays, left, and University of Minnesota-Duluth forward Mallory Fox go up for a header Nov. 15 during the second half of the NCAA Central Region Tournament semifinals at Auraria Field. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Metro Man By Tim Carson carsonti@mscd.edu
Throughout the 2009 women’s soccer season, the lady ‘Runners went on an 18-game win streak and finished with their fifth 20-win season in program history. One man was there to cheer them on through it all. Driving to every Metro women’s soccer game, Metro Man used his “makeshift” phone booth, a rental car, to change into his uniform. Kevin Ryan, Metro Man, is the father of Metro women’s soccer defender Courtney Ryan. One superhuman fact about Ryan is that he “flies” to just about every Metro women’s soccer game from his hometown, San Diego. His dedication to travel to his daughter’s soccer games is just as exciting as the wardrobe that he puts on for the games. Ryan said that he has a Metro Man hood, a mask, a tie-on belt with “MM” on the center, red boot leggings, a red cape, Metro shorts that can be accessorized with black leggings on cold days, and a ‘super’ Metro Man muscle shirt that will soon need to be replaced due to “game stink.” Metro Man also uses his megaphone to cheer on the team. “Having Metro Man on the sidelines is great,” Courtney Ryan said. “It is like he is part of the team. He is our best fan, and I know that everyone enjoys him being on our sideline.” Metro Man’s goofiness can also put opposing fans at ease, well somewhat. “Metro Man does make visiting-team fan harassment more acceptable,” Ryan said. “If I were to say the same things without the costume, it may
Metro Man Kevin Ryan. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd.edu
cause hard feelings, but in costume, everyone accepts that anything I say is all done in loving fun.” There have been many moments that have cast Metro Man as a timeless figure for the team. One of the most memorable is when Metro Man attempted to complete a cartwheel on the sideline, a feat that the fans really enjoyed. But the fun never ends with Metro Man. Sometimes after the team wins, Metro Man goes out to dinner in full wardrobe with other play-
ers and their family. “While in Fort Lewis last year, I went to dinner with parents still in costume,” Ryan said. “We were leaving the bar and another customer asked who I was, and someone from Fort Lewis said, ‘That’s Metro Man.’” Ryan said that even when he walks through the Tivoli, the employees know him as Metro Man. Perhaps for a good reason though. He said that he has spent quite a bit of money at the school bookstore designing his costume. “I have spent probably between $200-$300,” he said speaking on the final cost of his costumes. The genesis of Metro Man dates back to last year’s Halloween weekend game against Fort Lewis. “Courtney [Ryan] and Taylor [Nicholls, Metro women’s soccer forward] asked if I was going to wear a costume to the game in Fort Lewis,” Ryan said. He agreed to the idea, and his family drew up some sketches at what Metro Man should look like. Over the past two years, Metro Man’s costume has morphed a little by accessorizing his warm weather and cold weather versions. “Metro Man is such a goofball,” Carrie Aversano, a defender for the team, said. “It all makes sense, though, because his daughter is one too.” As for the future of Metro Man, it appears that he will be on the sideline for the remainder of Courtney Ryan’s soccer career at the school. But what about after that? “There will be an opening after Courtney’s (Ryan) senior year if anyone is interested,” Ryan said.
Metro volleyball libero Amy Watanabe was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year Nov. 11 by the RMAC. Watanabe becomes the third player in school history to receive the award.
Metro volleyball outside hitter Bri Morley was named RMAC Tournament MVP Nov. 14 after averaging 4.31 kills per set in the three matches. She totaled 56 kills and hit .281, adding 35 digs and two aces in 13 sets played. She was also named Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week. Photos by Linh Ngo • lngo@mscd.edu
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