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Jordan appoints new interim VP for IT Powell bids Auraria goodbye after two years

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Ken Graham smoothes the side of Team Alaska’s snow sculpture Jan. 29, the last night of carving at the 20th annual Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge. Team Alaska’s sculpture, entitled “The Last Iceberg” did not medal but earned the People’s Choice award. Photo by Drew Jaynes • ajaynes1@mscd.edu

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Ex-interim back in IT position

Resignation points experienced prof back to tech top

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Colorado Commission on Higher Education meeting Regulatory commission will meet to discuss and vote on state admission standards, achievement gaps and higher education legislation.

St. Cajetan’s Center 1 p.m.

Open to the public Steve Beaty, Vice President of the IT Department at Metro, shares his knowledge on the different routers that run all of Metro’s networking systems. Photo by Jessica Taves • jtaves@mscd.edu very strong faculty member. He is familiar with the challenges at Metro and in Colorado for higher education,” Powell said. “The asset Dr. Beaty brings to this situation is that he is a part of the culture and the environment, so he doesn’t have to go through such a learning curve.”

Beaty served as interim vice president for seven months before Powell was hired for the position.

Beaty agreed his knowledge of Metro operations would be an asset, especially with the challenge of updating and improving college computer systems while enrollment numbers continue to climb.

“We’ll continue the service IT provides and expand on that service by

continually examining how we can best meet the needs of all users,” Beaty said.

Beaty did not comment about any intention to become the permanent vice president, but as a member of the Strategic Technology Advisory Committee, he will be involved in the research of IT departments at other colleges.

Jordan wants this research completed to inform how the vice president position should be filled.

In a press release from the office of college communications, June was set

as a projected point to transition from the initial research phase to a nationwide search for Powell’s replacement.

In the meantime, Jordan is confident that Beaty’s appointment will avoid critical projects from stalling.

“He will be able to hit the ground running, and subsequently, we will not lose momentum on all of IT’s important projects in process,” Jordan said.

Beaty, who holds bachelor, masters and doctorate degrees in computer science from Colorado State University, will earn an annual salary of $150,000.

“Right-Sizing with technology”

The process of restructuring an organization’s processes and personnel with the goal of reducing costs and improving efficiency and effectiveness.

New semester changes under way for SGA Agenda includes racks, rallies and resolutions

By Ben Wiebesiek wiebesib@mscd.edu The Metro Student Government Assembly approved a new director, a plan for campus bicycle racks and a repeal of a so-called contentious weekold resolution, at the Jan. 29 senate meeting. And it was all done without a single dissenting vote.

New director confirmed The senate unanimously confirmed Ivory Raye to the position of

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By Ben Wiebesiek wiebesib@mscd.edu Metro President Stephen Jordan embarked on a mission to save college services and personnel from ongoing budget cuts by investing in efficient, upgraded computer systems.

But at the highest position on the front lines of this initiative, the Division of Information Technology, Metro is currently accepting applications.

Vice President of Information Technology Carl Powell resigned Jan. 29 due to family medical reasons.

In his former position, Powell oversaw efforts to “right size” college operations by investing federal stimulus money in new technologies.

“I really have enjoyed the area.

Metro is an exceptional institution.

One that students, faculty and staff can be proud of,” Powell said.

Powell has accepted a position at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti as chief information officer.

But he did have some advice for his replacement: don’t try changing Metro before you understand the college.

“The only advice I would give anybody is to learn the culture and the environment before you try to make any changes,” Powell said.

President Jordan appointed Metro Computer Science Professor Steve Beaty, an instructor for the operating systems class, to serve as interim vice president until a permanent replacement is chosen.

Powell said Beaty’s appointment is a good first step in heeding his advice.

“He is an exceptional individual,

THIS WEEK

Director of Student Affairs.

SGA President Andrew Bateman said he was appointing Raye with full confidence because of how actively she has participated in student government.

“She reaches out to the other directors, offers help, offers whatever time she has to be able to assist in the things they are doing in addition to her own duties as assistant director of student affairs,” Bateman said.

SGA Vice President C.J. Garbo, speaking to the senate before the confirmation vote, said Raye handled office conflicts ethically and privately in a manner that speaks to her character.

“Raye has maintained her individuality and her focus on the needs of

the student body,” Garbo said.

Raye was unavailable for the confirmation vote because she is enrolled in a class at the same time as the senate meetings, Bateman said.

According to the SGA policy manual, the director of student affairs acts “as a liaison between SGA and the Metro State Division of Student Services,” which includes regular meetings with Kathy McKay, vice president of student services. Other duties include advising the president on matters of student services, attending SGA and college events and sitting on SGA committees.

Raye’s term as director concludes May 30, but with another presidential appointment and a senate confirma-

tion, she can serve in the position for a second term.

The director of student affairs receives a $600 monthly stipend.

All SGA job descriptions and policies can be found at http://www.mscd. edu/~sga/Documents/Policy%20 Manual.pdf.

Campus Improvement sparks student competition Senators also unanimously approved a resolution to allocate up $7,500 from the SGA Campus Improvement budget to fund and promote a competition to design a minimum of two campus bicycle racks.

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Jordan: Fight higher ed funding cuts Advocates urged to reach out to state legislators

By Andrew Flohr-Spence spencand@mscd.edu Colorado’s higher education funding is in trouble, and Metro is rallying people to help.

The state’s politicians have four months to draw up the 2010-2011 fiscal year budget, and Colorado’s money is short. $1.6 billion short.

Spreading the word through its series of “advocacy training” workshops intended to give a “how to” on political participation, college officials are urging all Roadrunners, past and present, to contact their state representatives in support of higher education.

“There has never been a time that your involvement was more important,” Metro President Stephen Jordan said to the several dozen students, faculty and alumni gathered Jan. 29 for training at St. Cajetan’s Center.

Colorado cut almost 60 percent of the 2009-2010 and replaced the money with Federal Stimulus Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and the state planned to do the same the coming fiscal year starting in July, but almost half the money has already been spent to fill other holes in the budget.

Jordan said higher education faced an “uphill battle” in the coming years, and gave a few points for those present to bring up with their

Fiscal Year The 12 month financial period used for record keeping, budgeting, appropriating, revenue collecting, and other aspects of fiscal management.

The fiscal year of the state of Colorado runs from July 1 to June 30.

elected officials. “‘Help us, help ourselves’ is an important theme,” Jordan said, citing the planned Student Success Building and Hotel Learning Center as examples of the state working together with Metro on projects that use outside funding, satisfying both the schools’ need for space and the state’s financial difficulty. Both projects are so-called “self-financing,” using state backing to ensure private investment to fund the construction, as opposed to being purely state or bond-funded as most of Auraria’s buildings have been in the past.

Another point Jordan said needed to be brought home to the legislators was that Metro students get the least funding per person of any of the state’s schools and current cuts would widen that gap.

Colorado funds Metro students under the 2009-2010 fiscal year each around $2,100, where a student at Mesa State College gets more than $4,000 and at Adams State College more than $8,000. Part of that difference, Jordan said, is due to changing enrollments — Metro’s numbers have grown steadily while many schools around the state have lost students — and when the state cuts all schools evenly the number of students is not taken into account.

“We need to ask the legislators respectfully, ‘shouldn’t the cuts be made fairly, taking into consideration enrollment?’” Jordan said.

“It may seem intimidating, but the legislature is actually quite open,” Christine Staberg of the Capstone Group, one of the small team working as Metro’s lobby at the state capitol, told the crowd. Staberg said that any letters or phone calls really made the difference when legislators decide on what to vote, and that hearing an individual’s story and what he or she thinks about an issue can influence their choices. Staberg urged those present to call their representative and ask them out for a

Rachel Frakes, left, and Shawn Hendrickson, share a laugh, Jan. 29, during former State Rep. Cheri Jahn’s speech at the Advocacy Day Task Force training meeting at St. Cajetan’s Center. Frakes is a Metro junior studying behavioral sciences and secondary education and Hendrickson is a junior studying behavioral sciences and environmental sciences. Photo by Tiffany Kassab • tmorri31@mscd.edu cup of coffee.

“Strike up a relationship so when they get your call about a certain bill they will already know who you are,” Staberg said.

Giving the audience another “insider view” of how the capitol works, former state representative Cheri Jahn echoed Staberg’s remarks that citizen involvement was crucial to the process.

“If there was a bill before me … you know I’m not a specialist in most of this stuff … I would look to anyone and everyone I could find who could inform my decision,” Jahn said.

“More than once I got a call from someone who told me why I should vote a certain way … and it would open my eyes to something I hadn’t thought about,” she said.

“This budget has got to be fixed,” Jahn said, “and it will take citizens to do that … Citizens have to do it.”

Metro social work sophomore Tamika Gorman said she attended the meeting to get more information on what was going on with the college’s budget. Now that she had learned more, Gorman said she was going to get more involved.

“I really want to take part in what is going on,” Gorman said. “Education is the very thing we should be funding right now.”

Edward Jacob, Metro alumni

member and employee of the IT department, said he was affected twice: he graduated from Metro and worried about his college’s future, and he was employed by the college and was worried about his job.

“It’s scary,” Jacob said. “I’m very concerned about where this budget mess is heading … I have to be involved.”

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SGA advances agenda to protect Metro bikes, budget <<Continued from A3 “One of the things we looked at for the campus improvement project was ways to increase crime prevention on campus. Crime prevention not only includes violent crimes, but crimes of opportunity and theft. One of the things we have heard from students is that there are not always readily available places to secure your bikes,” Bateman said to the senate before the vote.

Bateman said anyone was free to compete in the design competition, not just art students.

Senator Rachel Zamboras, one of the sponsors of the resolution, said the SGA would be working on a time line to provide specifications

for materials and limitations on size and weight in time to allow voting by the end of February. Flyers have been placed around campus advertising the design competition.

“We’re hoping to get these bike racks furbished by the end of April, May at the latest, depending on what the companies look like, and have these up over the summer,” Zamboras said.

According to a statement from the Auraria Police Department, 46 bikes were reported stolen on campus in 2009.

AHEC Director of Communications and Institutional Relations Blaine Nickeson said that most of the stolen bicycles were locked at bicycle racks but the owners used “low-qual-

ity locks that are easily cut.”

Proposed pay cut shelved At the meeting, senators also repealed resolution SR10-01, passed Jan. 22, which would have reduced the pay for the speaker of the senate from $400 a month to $100 a month, effective Feb. 1.

The decision to repeal the resolution came after there was conflict within the senate as to the motives of the original resolution.

Speaker Hashim Coates abstained from the vote.

According to the text of the repeal, “significant procedural and policy concerns over SR10-01 have been raised which warrant additional consideration before the resolution

takes effect.”

Staff Advisor Brooke Gerber said SR10-01 violated the constitution and bylaws of the SGA. “My advice as your advisor is that it is not the best way to handle things,” Gerber said to the senate.

The SGA will meet Feb. 5 in Tivoli 329 at 3 p.m. for their next meeting.

All senate meetings are open to the public.

Rally for higher ed. approaches The SGA is also working in conjunction with other student organizations, such as The Associated Students of Colorado and I am Higher Education, to advertise a state-wide rally for higher education Feb. 17.

Simultaneous rallies will be held

at noon on campuses across the state.

Members of the assembly crafted red wristbands for students to wear to show their dedication for raising awareness for the concern about higher education funding.

Student government members got the idea from a student involved in the ASC from California, where students wore red wristbands as well.

SGA Director of Information Technology Corey Keasling said the assembly spent $70 on scissors and cloth to make the wristbands.

SGA members are distributing the bands out of their office in Tivoli 307 and in classes.

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“After a year, how do you think the Obama administration is doing?”

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Free speech waning?

Watchdogs warn of sweeping rights erosion

By Ben Wiebesiek wiebesib@mscd.edu Campus Connection, the student newspaper for CCD, screened a documentary Jan. 29 in the Tivoli Turnhalle that delivered a foreboding message: if the people of the United States do not protect their constitutional rights, wealthy individuals, corporations, the press and the U.S. government will work together to take those rights away and destroy the nation.

“The Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama,” a 2009 documentary by radio program host and filmmaker Alex Jones, features comments from individuals who believe that the issues of climate change, financial-system bailouts, health care reform and U.S. involvement in the United Nations are just some of the fronts in a coordinated effort to create a new world order.

Antonio Valenzuela, editor-inchief for Campus Connection, worked with the political advocacy group, We Are Change, to bring the movie to Auraria and to pass out free DVD copies.

“Some people will instantly say, ‘how can a newspaper be completely objective and not show anything left or right?’” Valenzuela said to the audience before the screening.

“Well the purpose of showing this movie is, we watch TV on average a large amount of hours every week, every day. The aggregation of power within the media has dwindled to about five or six companies.

That presents a very large problem because we don’t hear outside views,” Valenzuela said.

Alternative media are the key

to finding a dissenting view of the mainstream message, he said.

Rob Weiland, director of communication with the Colorado chapter of We Are Change said that his organization did not have a direct affiliation with the producers of the documentary or Alex Jones.

“We started off in a different area, raising awareness about the truth behind September 11th,” Weiland said referring to his organization’s stated purpose to expose the “lies of government and corporate elite who remain suspect in this crime.”

Weiland said that he, like all members of We Are Change, is a volunteer for the organization, which also relies on volunteer support financially.

“We are a peaceful organization.

We don’t advocate violence to get our goals,” Weiland said.

Instead, the organization uses bullhorns at political rallies and events to spread an opposing view.

Law Johnston is also a volunteer with We Are Change, although he prefers the title “info warrior.”

“I’ve always been an interesting kind of fellow. I’ve always been a seeker. Ever since I was very young, I knew things were not what they appeared. I knew there were wills behind all these major social movements and there were tools of control: including our education system that breaks you down and takes away your free spirit,” Johnston said.

“They don’t want you knowing the real truth.”

Sitting in the front row at the Tivoli Turnhalle, CCD student Nikita Blue groaned as the documentary compared the presidencies of George W. Bush with the current administration.

“I was severely skeptical of how everything is Obama’s fault. They’re

trying to make it seem like there is no difference between Obama and Bush.

With Democrats, with Republicans, we’re all people, but there is a difference, an enormous difference,” Blue said after walking out of the Turnhalle.

Also a member of the Campus Connection staff, Blue said that Valenzuela told her to watch the movie because it would change her life.

But instead, she said she felt the people featured in the movie were just conspiracy theorists, which can be found in Liberal or Conservative circles.

“It’s as bad as a Michael Moore documentary, if you want to go to the other side,” Blue said.

CCD student William Terney said many of the filmmaker’s claims weren’t new, but he agreed with main message, partly because of his own personal experiences.

He said that cultural forces such as hate and prejudice have divided the American public from each other and the truth.

“I don’t see that people are going to be brought together unless some big disaster comes along or we follow in the footsteps of other countries where people took back their rights,” Terney said.

Denver resident and self-described struggling artist Joseph Mendoza said the movie reminded him of an old Russian proverb: “When money talks, truth is silent.”

“We live in a ‘corpotopia,’” Mendoza said. “The wars of history, if you look closely, you can see the World Bank behind it all. That’s why being a historian is one of the most important careers you can do.”

“I am having a big issue with his budget policies. I heard he was going to put a lot of freezing on the funds to save a lot more money and it was going to be coming out of infrastructure, education and health care. And I don’t know if that is entirely true, but if that is the case, it is very wrong and he should keep spending money the way he is. I did vote for him, but I’m not sure if that was the best idea.”

Matthew Wilmes Metro Junior

“ I think a lot of people expect change right away, but its something you can’t just fix. It’s a whole country in a recession.

People are rather impatient and they kind of feel like there is a secret button that Bush just didn’t push, but that’s not the case.”

Danielle Brown CCD

“Honestly, I feel like there hasn’t been enough time. I feel that there has been some progress, but there is more to come. I feel that a lot of people are impatient. I’m pretty happy, I’m completely satisfied. “ Joe Nuredin Metro Junior

“I’d say, not as much progress as I’d like to see, but give it time.

Things take time.”

Richard Williams Metro Sophomore

“I don’t think they are doing so hot. I don’t have a full opinion on it because I don’t really tune into his speeches, so I’m not exactly politically inclined. I just know what I have heard I don’t like.”

Alex Derrickson Metro Junior Keyarah-Dog

“I think they are doing OK. I don’t they have made as much progress as I would have liked to see, but more than the pessimists thought they would. I’m not thinking of specifics off of the top of my head, but more changes.”

Chelsea Schumacher Metro Sophomore

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INSIGHT

"We came out flat. To put it plain and simple, we didn't come out with the energy we needed to."

— MEN'S BASKETBALL GUARD DONTE NICHOLAS ON A11

Music merger means monopoly

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I know; I know. You’re angry. I’m angry. Wartell, executive vice president at the Center for American Progress, said “couldn’t be a betHarvey Milk’s angry.

But fortunately for us, I have a column. ter choice” to fight monopolization happening I’m thrilled with the news. You would be too if in America.

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I don’t know about you, but even before the Dear governmental brain wizards who merger, Ticketmaster and Live Nation’s “comthought this was a good idea, Let’s be honest, other governmental entities, petition” didn’t really seem to create a whole well, I’ve learned to accept being disappointed helluva lot of bargins. In the 1996 world before the two became ubiquitous, tickets were a little with them.

The president is on TV more than Leno. The more than $25 on average. Fourteen years later House hates each other, and Congress couldn’t and you couldn’t see Whitesnake for $25. And I’m guessing the next fourteen aren’t looking pass ‘Go’ to collect $200.

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You gave us the Office of Intelligence Policy have one company with exclusive deals with and Review, the National Institute of Justice, the thousands of venues across the country that Civil Rights Division and other crucial offices also manages to handle hundreds of big name that have caused the two people reading this to artists from an acquisition of a management company. lose attention.

And this company is merging with a promoBut what have you given us with this ruling, tion company who until last month sold tickets JustDep? During the announcement of the ruling and had brokered exclusivity deals with other made last month, Assistant Attorney General big names like Jay-Z and Madonna.

You do know what a monopoly is, right? Do Christine Varney said due to the merger, vendors outside of Ticketmaster, namely AEG and any of you Justice Department people ever go to

DAVE LARSON larsodav@mscd.edu

The president is on TV more than Leno. The House hates each other, and Congress couldn’t pass ‘Go’ to collect $200. But you, U.S. Justice Department, I thought you were different. concerts and wonder why you’re always going to the only two games in town? And now you just merged Will with Grace and you’re telling me there’s going to be more diversity?

You pissed Bruce Springsteen off, JustDep. The Boss.

The concern of those in the business is that the promotional arm of this new conglomerate will muscle venues into using Ticketmaster for ticket sales even if they don’t want to.

But wait, you guys have a solution: selfregulation. And if there’s one thing that 2009 taught us, it’s that self-regulating industries re-

ally, really are looking out for the consumer and not their risk-laden self-interest.

Maybe Ari Emanuel, who serves on Live Nation’s board, can ask his brother Rahm Emanuel to explain it to you.

Ahhhhhh, the sour taste of government.

Better still, why don’t you spin Springsteen’s “Badlands:” “Poor man wanna be rich/ Rich man wanna be king/ And a king ain’t satisfied/ till he rules everything” Now, with the government’s blessing, Ticketmaster is truly king.

Venezuela: Socialist paradise What a busy few months in politics.

I was preparing to write a column about President Obama’s State of the Union address, the loss of the Massachusetts senate seat held by Ted Kennedy for over 40 years to a conservative Republican and what will become of President Obama continuing to pursue the agenda that has him dropping in the polls like a rock. But then I read about Venezuela. You were probably tired of hearing about the State of the Union anyway right?

Earlier this month Hugo Chavez doubled the value of the Venezuelan currency, the bolivars, from 2.15 to the dollar from to 4.30 to the dollar. Doing so has in effect cut in half the money in the pockets of the citizens his policies are supposed to be helping.

In order to combat the problems this devaluation of the currency is causing, Chavez is threatening to fine or arrest anyone who adjusts their prices. So merchant’s options are somewhat limited, they can leave their prices at current levels, which will create shortages, or they can disobey and increase inflation, as well as face fines or arrest.

To make matters worse, less than a week later Venezuela was struck with nationwide power outages. The outages were a result of serious drought leaving water levels extremely low in a country that gets 70 percent of its electricity from a hydroelectric dam. Power in Caracas was restored after two days of chaos in a city with already high levels of crime, but the rest of the country continues to have power outages.

Venezuela has survived on its oil wealth since Chavez took power in 1999, running deficits when oil prices were well over $100 a barrel. When oil prices fell in late 2008,

SAMUEL BLACKMER blackmar@mscd.edu Venezuela took a hit, and this was on top of the million barrels less Venezuela produces today than it did ten years ago. This isn’t because Venezuela is running out of oil, but because Chavez has nationalized the oil industry in Venezuela, kicking out foreign and industry experts and replacing them with his own incompetent people.

It may seem silly to blame Venezuela’s many problems on Socialism, but I’ll go ahead and try to make a case for it anyway.

The trouble with the devaluation of the bolivars can be tied directly to the mismanagement of the economy and the mismanagement of the oil industry. Were Capitalism allowed to work properly, the oil would be flowing at a much higher rate, and Venezuela would not have run a deficit during the oil boom of the last decade.

As for the rolling power outages, while Socialism can hardly be blamed for a drought, it can be blamed for the lack of diversity in Venezuela’s power system.

If a power market existed, other interests could have competed with the hydro-electric market — thus diversifying the power system and putting less dependence on just one type of power. With a nationalized power industry it is mismanagement by the government that caused the shortage, not the drought.

Venezuela may very soon join so many other failed Socialist states in the dust bin of history in the near future. If nothing else, Socialism is running Venezuela into the ground. Sure, when Capitalism fails it creates some discomfort, Socialism is about to show us what a real collapse should look like.

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raw form of salsa

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Asian eats meet Latin beats

By April Zemyan azemyan@mscd.edu

Fafa and Sylvia Gonzalez demonstrate salsa Jan. 29 at Opal Restaurant and Lounge. The restaurant has $5 salsa classes every Friday night 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Photo by Andie Gregier •

agreiger@mscd.edu

The lessons he teaches at Opal are basic salsa, which includes steps from Mambo and Puerto Rican-style salsa.

Fafa said he enjoys seeing happy people, and he teaches the lessons out of passion.

“For me, it comes from the heart,” Fafa said.

Salsa, Sushi and Sake follows a nontraditional meaning of “put on your dancing shoes.”

Ladies walk in holding strappy heels in hand and use the black leather couches to lace up for a night of sensual steps.

Sylvia Gonzalez, a regular at Salsa, Sushi and Sake, said she is a friend of Fafa’s and enjoys attending because of the emotion involved in the dance. Gonzalez also said she thinks it’s a perfect place to bring a date.

“It’s not a typical bar or club — it’s classy,” Gonzalez said.

After an hour-long lesson from Fafa, dancers are eager to hit the dance floor and show off their

new moves. Kim Hutchinson said she comes to Opal almost every Friday with her husband and has fun attempting to salsa dance.

“We’re not Latin, so we say we have hopeless American hips.”

Hutchinson, who found out about Salsa, Sushi and Sake through a newspaper ad, said she comes to dance for fun and has brought her 16-year-old daughter before.

The restaurant offers specials, like two-forone sushi rolls and various American cuisine. For $5 guests are able to participate in Fafa’s salsa lesson.

Fafa also teaches at other locations around Denver and hopes to start an online salsa school.

But even for a long-time dancer, practice makes perfect.

“It’s not how many lessons you take, it’s how much time you spend on the dance floor,” Fafa said.

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A small, hardwood floor dimly lit by Asian lanterns becomes a passionate dance platform. Rhythmic music flows out of the speakers; drums and maracas balance a spicy tune.

A calming environment is brought on by low conversations and comforting décor. An exotic fish tank separates dancing from dining, where guests are casually enjoying fresh sushi and sake.

On Friday nights at Opal Restaurant and Lounge, the dinner tables are pushed aside and melodious music plays. The black leather couches that line the walls become a resting spot for Latin dance enthusiasts.

Located on the busy street corner of Ninth and Lincoln, a passer-by might look through the window and see a group of people dancing in sync with the music and instructor.

The event — Salsa, Sushi and Sake — is named with alliteration to create a unique combination.

Though salsa dancing, sushi and sake might seem like an unusual trio, Opal-goers don’t seem to mind.

Sake is a mildly alcoholic Japanese beverage made from rice, usually served with sushi or other Japanese dishes. At Opal, sushi is offered in the finest of styles, including shrimp, salmon and tuna.

Francisco Gutierrez, promoter and co-organizer of Salsa, Sushi and Sake, said he likes the idea of giving people somewhere upscale to salsa dance and wanted to give it a one-of-a-kind name.

“Once I saw the venue, I liked it and wanted to be involved,” Gutierrez said.

As a promoter, Gutierrez said it’s important to attract the right crowd for the event. He said a diverse crowd comes to Opal to participate. He has been promoting for Salsa, Sushi and Sake for two months and said he has high hopes that it will continue to be successful.

Gutierrez said he loves to dance, although he hasn’t always known how to salsa. He said his inspiration came from a trip he made to Japan. The people there assumed he knew how to salsa dance because he is from Chihuahua, Mexico. Since he didn’t, he was determined to learn.

The event is led by acclaimed Denver salsa dance instructor Fafa. When salsa dancing began at Opal, it was taught by someone else, but Fafa said managers contacted him and asked him to take over the lessons.

Gutierrez was not involved with the dancing from the start. It was later that Fafa asked him to help promote the event.

The rare blend makes for an elegant evening.

Candle-lit tables and booths, complete with decorative throw pillows, complement the curtain-lined doorways.

Since Opal is considered a restaurant, all ages are welcome. Fafa said he has been teaching salsa for almost 10 years and loves to see everyone participate in his classes.

“I believe when you start early, you get a feel for the dance sooner. It takes adults longer to adapt,” Fafa said.

The Ghana native started dancing in Africa and went to London where he studied and learned a collection of styles.

Ashley Moreland Features Editor amorela1@mscd.edu April Zemyan Assistant Features Editor azemyan@mscd.edu Dacia Johnson Assistant Features Editor djohn205@mscd.edu

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Caffeine Kryptonite

Wellness Woes

By Dacia Johnson djohn205@mscd.edu College classrooms are full of heavy books and worn-out students, but they are also full of caffeine in one form or another. Many of us, myself included, have come to the conclusion that we cannot get through a day without the help of caffeine. That’s OK, just know what you are drinking.

Now, I’m not a doctor, nor am I a nutritionist, but I have done a little research on the amount of caffeine versus the amount of sugar in typical energy-boosting beverages.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture calls for a maximum of 48 grams of sugar per day.

This is because the sweet stuff is nothing but empty calories. If you consume too much sugar, you’ll go overboard on calories before you come close to getting enough nutrients for the day.

Energy drinks are a popular trend for college kids. Though they contain a whopping 75-175 milligrams of caffeine, they also have 30-40 grams of sugar in an 8-ounce serving.

Keep in mind though; energy drinks are typically sold in 12 to 16-ounce cans, so you can double those numbers for each energy boost throughout the day.

Sugar-free energy drinks are another option, but a sugar-substitute is used to sweeten these beverages, and thus far, no one seems to know the long-term effects of consuming artificial sweetener.

Soda is another popular beverage that contains caffeine — around 50 milligrams in a 12oz can. The downside is a regular soda has around 40 grams of sugar, which is equal to 10 teaspoons! Diet versions are made with those sketchy artificial sweeteners.

A drink that has been around for centuries, and is loved by both young and old, is coffee.

Black coffee has about 75 milligrams of caffeine in an 8-ounce cup and zero sugar. Black coffee can be bitter, so make your taste buds dance by adding your own cream and sugar.

This will help to control the amounts because a coffee-shop made latte can have up to 16 grams of sugar in an 8-ounce mug.

Tea, green or black has no sugar and 2560 milligrams of caffeine. Tea can be good on its own or try adding honey for a treat that’s a bit healthier than many other options.

In the end, my advice is to keep those sugar-highs to a minimum and mix up different caffeine sources to balance out your sugar intake. To see a full list of beverages and their sugar and caf feine contents, go to www.energyfiend.com.

Behind the Numbers 60: Number of plants that have caffeine in them.

90: Percentage of Americans that consume caffeine.

450 million: Number of cups of coffee consumed daily in the U.S. 142,245: Number of fans “caffeine” has on Facebook.

Comic kicks off spring schedule Student Activities planners seek relevance, shtick

By Phillip Sparer psarrer@mscd.edu Just inside the doors of the Tivoli Turnhalle, Senaye GrebeMichael appears ready to host a paper-shredder’s Thanksgiving.

Grebe-Michael, a Metro State Student Activities event programmer, has prepared, on long conference tables, a feast of folded flyers and a cornucopia of pamphlets promoting the Spring 2010 schedule of events and lectures.

It’s only too fitting the day’s event, a stand-up performance by comedian Nick Griffin, was scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. GrebeMicheal said that lunch time is the best time to host events.

Judging by the constant squeak of sneakers punctuating the curious murmurs of students, as well as the booking of a performer of Griffin’s pedigree, Student Activities has got it right.

Nick Griffin has performed for well over two decades. He has recently appeared on Comedy Central, Letterman and Leno and has also written for another late night show.

He started doing stand-up during his college days. To escape the intellectual claustrophobia and mundanity of his “tiny, midwestern liberal arts college,” Griffin and his buddies would drive to Kansas City open mic nights. They’d listen to older performers who seemed unafraid to discuss taboos, an observation Grif fin called liberating.

“We’d listen, and we’d talk, and eventually my buddies got me drunk and pushed me in

front of the mic,” he humbly recalls.

If Griffin’s first performances weren’t polished, his career now certainly is. Along with his pitstop at Auraria, his time in Denver consisted of a four-night stint at Denver’s Comedy Works South.

Griffin’s stage persona and point of view remind one of a parallel version of Lester Burnham, the embattled father in the film “American Beauty.” Except this Lester hasn’t been killed.

Instead his wife has divorced him and moved in with Buddy Kane. His daughter, Janie, has run off to New York, and he’s taken to patronizing Colonel Fitts’ barber.

Swinging from neurotic frustration to resigned shrug, he attempts “to draw on what’s true” about himself and his life. But like a Britney Spears photograph prior to rigorous airbrushing, what’s true isn’t necessarily pretty.

Sitting on a couch backstage after his Turnhalle gig, Griffin leans forward, hoodie pulled over his head, and concedes, “Comics are generally down [and] are outsiders. We just point out things that we think are wrong.”

In a shtick that riffs on topics as diverse as divorce, masturbation, aging and Brad Pitt, what’s wrong to Griffin are life’s tiny ironies and nagging unfairnesses.

Griffin’s Tivoli appearance was one of many events Metro’s Student Activities department, in conjunction with UCD and CCD, has planned for the Spring 2010 semester.

“We looked for something light to start off,” said Justin Merow, a Metro SA event planner.

Multi-task, save money with Google Apps TechBytes

By Drew Jaynes ajaynes1@mscd.edu Here we are, starting another semester.

And with it comes new classes inevitably requiring new textbooks, expensive software and other equipment.

When these costs are added up, we usually end up spending a lot more money than we expected.

To help combat this, I’ve compiled a list of software applications students can use not only to save some dough, but also help them stay on track with assignments.

Comedian Nick Griffin brings laughter to the Turnhalle stage in the Tivoli Jan. 28. Photo by Floyd Brandt • agreiger@mscd.edu One goal of SA is to foster a sense of community at a commuter-oriented campus.

Assistant Director of Events, Mark Schwartz, reveals that professors often suggest and sponsor lectures relevant to numerous courses of study.

“Our mission is to offer cocurricular events,” Schwartz said. “I’d say about 95 percent of them are just that.”

“The thing to remember is that [students] do have a voice in what goes on here,” Merow added.

I’d like to note: I’m not normally one to trumpet the benefits of a single company over a variety, but during my time at Metro, I’ve found I can do pretty much every class-related task using only Google’s suite of online applications.

And they’re all free to boot!

The biggest cost saver is definitely the Google Docs suite. You would use these programs instead of something expensive like Microsoft Office products. Docs offers a word processor, spreadsheet creation and presentation apps. And they’re all based online, so forget e-mailing yourself documents ever again.

They all also offer Web publishing and sharing options so group projects and collaboration are a snap.

On the efficiency front, Google Apps have you covered too. With calendar and tasking apps, you can keep track of important deadlines and stay on track with projects. And by offering the ability to get notifications via text message on your mobile phone, I think Google has really made a smart move attempting to appeal to the text-dependent student masses.

Upcoming Events Feb. 4 Blake Mycoskie - Tom’s Shoes 1 P.M. Tivoli Turnhalle

Feb. 9 Lunch with Lawmakers 11:30 A.M. — 1 P.M. Tivoli Atrium Food Court

Feb. 10 Valentine’s Day Social 11:30 A.M. —1 P.M. Tivoli Atrium Food Court

Speaking of the student masses, probably one of the biggest beefs I’ve heard students talk about is the Metro e-mail system, MetroConnect. Well, Google’s got a solution for that one too.

The kicker is, by creating a single free Gmail account, you get access to all of these great apps and tools.

Forget about having to login to MetroConnect for e-mail ever again. With a Google Gmail account, you can pull in up to five separate email accounts into one place. A place far surpassing anything MetroConnect can offer.

Choosing Google Apps seems like such an obvious choice, I don’t know why more students haven’t taken advantage of them—especially at a price of nothing.

For more information about these and other apps, or to see a step-by-step guide explaining how to connect your school e-mail with a Gmail account, visit the TechBytes blog online at: themet.metrostudentmedia.com/techbytes.

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DCPA sendup: Lost in space?

Astronaut drama poses many questions, offers few answers

By Lindsay Allen lallen31@mscd.edu Patrick dreamt of traveling to space ever since he was a young boy. He wanted to experience the most tremendous view it offered, a new way of looking at the world and find clarity about life and faith. Will space travel be all it was cracked up to be? Most importantly, what will happen when it is time to return to Earth?

“When Tang Met Laika” depicts the difficulties encountered with space travel—the most obvious being when a space shuttle is destroyed during re-entry, as was the problem with the space shuttle Columbia on Feb. 1, 2003. More subtle issues explored in the play include cultural understanding, love, assimilation to space and Earth, faith, morality, parenting and coping with the loss of a loved one.

All the actors and actresses in the play give merit-worthy performances despite the lack of character development. The minimal investment in the characters causes us to not care whether the main character, Patrick (Ian Merrill Peakes), stays with his wife (Megan Byrne) or pursues a relationship with Elena (Jessica Love).

Love did a stellar job in her debut role at the Denver Center as the Russian cosmonaut who falls in love with Patrick, but she refuses to accept it or show it until the end of the play.

The most intriguing scene is when Elena sees her uncle, Yuri Gagarin (R. Ward Duffy), the first human in outer space and hero of the Soviet Union. She cannot believe her eyes.

Film reflects on lost pets during Katrina

R. Ward Duffy as Yuri Gagarin with Laika in the Denver Center Theatre Company world premiere of “When Tang Met Laika” by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Terrence J. Nolen. Photo courtesy of DCPA. Based on his attire and her expression we know he is a ghost.

The spirit of Uncle Yuri is pleasantly shocking and spooky in this scene. Unfortunately, he couldn’t maintain the fascination with his mysterious presence—his appearance becomes so commonplace he is no longer peculiar.

The first scene with Yuri is a success because it is unexpected and not obvious. Most of the other scenes lack a certain subtlety that would make the play more enjoyable.

The author, Rogelio Martinez, leaves nothing open to interpretation. All of the dream scenes are signified by the characters wearing a black eye-mask and saying, “this is a dream,” or “I am dreaming.” Perhaps the playwright thought we wouldn’t understand otherwise, but the black eye-mask was enough of a clue to demonstrate the character was dreaming. The repetition of each character

saying, “this is a dream” becomes a nuisance.

The messages Martinez tries to convey through the play are strong and important, but there are too many crammed into such a small place. The most significant moral is not identifiable because several of the themes tie for the role. Are we supposed to learn to settle our differences for the greater cause? Is the theme to follow your heart? Is the moral that heroes are humans too?

It is Martinez’s wish that individuals must decide for themselves how to solve this mystery.

“When Tang Met Laika” Space Theatre DCPA Jan. 22 — Feb. 27

Where dat? In Denver!

By Ian Gassman img2007@comcast.net

filled with sensational breakfast dishes and lunchtime fare.

For many eaters, Cajun food is an easy target especially when it is found outside of the Deep South. Any person with a rational stomach would probably refute the quality of a dish that was created so far from home. How could somebody eat amazing green chile in Michigan? Who chews a perfect steak in Hawaii? But finding Louisiana west of the Mississippi is not a paradox.

Nearly 30 years ago, Fletcher Richards established a Creole café in Colorado and his ambitious idea hasn’t failed him yet. Named in honor of Richard’s mother, Lucile’s offers genuine Cajun meals created by an experienced New Orleans chef. Over time, something as customary as red beans and rice has expanded into a detailed menu

Stand-Out Menu Items Eggs Sardou, $9.80 Eggs Eisenhower, $6.50 to $8.90 Crawfish Etouffee, $10.50 Four Banana Beignets, $4.80 Begin your 7 a.m. meal at Lucile’s with a cup of Chicory coffee for a warm awakening. Chicory hails from the endive root and is usually found in French eateries.

It makes for a complex roast that is considered the strong-headed cousin of the regular coffee bean. But you don’t have to drink this on an empty stomach; for a mere $4, you can get four Cajunstyle doughnuts called beignets.

Dredged in a cloud of powdered sugar, these fried delights prepare you for a hearty breakfast, or become an inexpensive dessert option.

When it comes to his entrees, Richards has principles. Sweetly creamed spinach, a rich hollandaise sauce, delicate saffron grits and a bed of bite-sized shrimp come together harmoniously to create the Eggs Sardou.

A breakfast has never tasted so fresh, especially one that is focusing on seafood. The trout in the Eggs Pontchartrain is flaky, moist and seems to be mountain caught.

Nothing is stale or bland, and this is partially due to Richards’ Rich Organic Farm that opened in Niwot, Colo. last summer. The soil cultivates all of the produce used in Lucile’s products and Richards hopes to sustain it, just for his customers.

Lucile’s thinks outside the box in other, less-desirable, ways. They stop seating eaters at 2p.m. every day and the wait to eat is usually arduous. When it is busy during lunch, you may have to sit at a community-style table with other families. Although there is nothing more traditional, many eaters are discomforted by this.

Beyond the geographical oddity and the quirky business ethic, Richards doesn’t stray. He brought the bayou to the mountains for the sake of memories, authenticity and great taste. Here, Louisiana will stay.

Lucile’s

275 S. Logan St. Denver 80209 303-282-6258 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

By Julie Maas pretko@mscd.edu

People who consider their pets to be part of their family are often mocked and laughed at on a daily basis. But how can you mock someone who has lost everything in their lives and their dog is the only thing they have left?

In “Mine,” director Geralyn Pezanoski tells the story of the animals of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and the people around the country who fought to save them.

The film focuses on five particular families who lost their dogs in the tragedy and want them back. “Mine” is a bittersweet reflection on the human-animal bond and what people will do to keep those they love most.

“Mine” shows one additional obstacle that the people of New Orleans have had to deal with: not only did they lose their pets, but some lost their pets to people who think that Katrina may have been the best thing to happen to these ‘abandoned’ animals. This film makes you question which side you would be on. It makes you wonder, “what is best for the dog?” The stories are simple, yet sweet, and can be terribly heartbreaking.

One elderly woman refused to leave her house without her labrador, Murphy Brown.

The Coast Guard finally complied. However, they separated the two after airlifting the woman out of her house. She knew her dog made it out alive but was still looking for him.

As an animal lover, this can be a difficult film to get through. Many of the images— between the hurricane damage itself and the footage of all the newly-strayed animals struggling for survival—are just hard to swallow.

The film does manage to balance out the good with the bad. It shows some families reunited thanks to the kindness of the pet’s new owners, proving that humans aren’t as bad as we sometimes think. You understand why people don’t want to give back the dog they “rescued” a year ago, but you feel the heartache from the people who have lost everything and just want their loved ones back.

“Mine” shows that you can’t pass judgement on people who were told they could not bring their pets. They didn’t abandon them, they were simply separated. There are, of course, some exceptions to the rule, which they touch on. But no one knew that the levee was going to break.

This film is a reflection, not only on the way the animals were poorly dealt with during Katrina, but also how poorly the area was dealt with. In a city that may never be the same again, the residents show that they, and their pets, are the heart of New Orleans.

“Mine”

Starz Film Center Feb. 5 — 11 www.denverfilm.org

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TOP LEFT: Mark Hargarten, from Team Wisconsin, works on finishing their Snow Sculpture on Friday night, the last night teams will be able to work on their ice sculptures for the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge. Photo by Gabriel Christus • christus@

mscd.edu

ABOVE LEFT: Coloradoan Tracy Swezy and her daughter Koyana walk through the snow-sculptures Jan. 31 during the international snowsculpting judging in Breckenridge. This is the 20th year the competition has been in Breckenridge. It’s slogan this year was, “giving snow-men self-esteem issues for years.” Photo by Jamie Cotten • jcotten1@mscd.edu ABOVE RIGHT: Keith Martin, from Team Breckenridge uses a screwdriver to hollow out the bottom of what will become one of four pegs on the violin the team is sculpting at this year’s competition. The pegs were attached via pre-molded ice cores. Photo by Drew Jaynes • ajaynes1@mscd.edu

- Greg Moerner, sculptor

i

t all started with the seemingly insignificant flip of a coin.

It was the late 1970s and Breckenridge resident Rob Neyland was in a debate with some co-workers trying to decide whether to create a float for the town’s annual Ullr Festival parade or carve a snow sculpture for the local competition. The coin landed heads and chose the sculpture.

In the three years following that coin toss, Neyland and his friends won the snow sculpting competition at Ullr Fest in Breckenridge.

Fast forward to 1985. Neyland and crew were working on their annual sculpture at Ullr Fest when a spectator made an off-hand comment about how they should consider going to the national competition. Unbeknownst to the group, snow artistry had already become an es-

imagination Cold hard

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The way [Breckenridge] treats the artists and the quality of the snow is bar-none, the best to be found. That’s why we keep coming back.

ABOVE: Team Breckenridge member Keith Martin continues to work on a sculpture during on Jan. 30 during the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge. Photo by Cameron Redwine • credwin1@mscd.edu

Story by Drew Jaynes • ajaynes1@mscd.edu

tablished competitive sport nationally and internationally.

“Our minds were blown,” Neyland said. “We had no idea. And as soon as we heard about these other competitions going on, we realized that we were done with the local contest. I think that was really the pivotal moment.”

“It was also at this point we realized that because of the international nature of Breckenridge as a resort, that we needed to institute a plan to get an international competition landed in Breckenridge.”

Over the next four years, the team’s skills, notoriety and network grew. As did their knowledge of what it would take to run a successful contest. The team hosted several state competitions in Breckenridge during that time.

It wasn’t until 1989 that they finally man-

aged to organize some semblance of the international competition they sought to create. That year marked the first Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships.

Now in its 20th year, the competition continues to thrive as teams travel from the far points of the world to compete in this annual event. This year teams came from places such as Lithuania, China and Mexico. There were also several teams from the United States representing Wisconsin, Idaho, Minnesota, Alaska and, of course, Breckenridge.

Neyland’s Breckenridge team has competed every year since the contest’s inception and hasn’t lost steam yet.

“In the beginning, we were going to all of these state and national competitions, and always remembering to take down peoples names,

trying to build a network. And we did,” Neyland said.

Eventually, Neyland and his team managed to completely bypass the national organization and launch their own international competition.

They managed to build a top-notch contest, one outside the purview of the national snow art community.

“The first year, it was definitely a coup – a smashing success,” Neyland said. “People were blown away by the quality of the snow.”

Greg Moerner, a member of this year’s Wisconsin team, echoes this sentiment.

“The way [Breckenridge] treats the artists and the quality of the snow is bar-none, the best to be found. That’s why we keep coming back,” Moerner said.

The snow blocks, measuring 12 feet tall and weighing in at 20 tons each, are made entirely of manufactured snow provided by the ski areas.

“Using man-made snow allows you to con-

trol the moisture content, and ensure higher uniformity,” Neyland said.

Nearby each block is the inevitable collection of tools and personal belongings, the tools often as eclectic in shape and function as the workers who use them. Many tools are homemade or repurposed, but each has its own unique use, Neyland said.

He described several of the tools the Breckenridge team uses, including one he’s confident they introduced to the community, the floor scraper. Other common tools include hand sanders, cable saws, even carrot slicers.

Walking amongst this year’s sculptures, bystanders can really get a feel for the immensity of the projects at hand. The teams had literally a 65-hour period in which to recognize the visions within their blocks.

“The way they really develop and manifest their plan is amazingly unique to the different cultures that they come from,” Neyland said.

“The Swiss, are ultra-methodical. They have it all plotted out to grid points and mathematical coordinates that they transfer directly onto the block. And they do these really precise, hardedged geometrical shapes. And you look at that and think, ‘How perfectly Swiss?’”

Staying true to form, Mexico’s team carved a sculpture of a feathered serpent deity called “The Altar of Quetzalcoatl,” which earned them the bronze medal.

The other two medal winners were gold medalist Team Lithuania and silver medalist Team Canada, Ontario.

Lithuania’s “Milite Est Vita” was in the shape of a textured hand giving the peace sign, symbolizing the fragility of peace.

Ontario’s sculpture left spectators enraptured with “Memories from my Youth,” where they portrayed the face of a Japanese princess from the front, and memories from her garden in the rear.

The to-scale model of Team Wisconsin’s sculpture “Spirit of the Föhn Winds” sits in front of the completed sculpture Jan. 30. Photo by Steve Anderson • sande104@mscd.edu On the outset, Neyland has a philosophical view of the competition.

“All the cultures bring such an incredibly different approach to the same problem: How they go about walking up to a 20 ton block of snow and liberating the design that resides inside,” Neyland said.

Moerner referred to this competition as the best of the best.

“At this level, anyone can win,” he said.

Just like in a coin toss.

B6 • AUDIOFILES • FEBRUARY 4, 2010 • THE METROPOLITAN

SOUNDING OFF:

Grieves grooves with eclectic hip-hop style Seattle’s Grieves has been making a name for himself since his debut album in 2007. With his follow-up 88 Keys and Counting, a collaborative effort with Budo, under his belt Grieves is now planning for a new year with a new record in the fall and a European tour with Brother Ali. Grieves discussed his style, influences and his upcoming show with members of the Doomtree collective.

Interview by Matt Pusatory • mpusator@mscd.edu MP: How would you describe your sound?

G: I use a lot of melody-driven lines and try to feed off the emotion the music created. It’s definitely not your traditional hip-hop, but you can hear my roots shining through in all genres. If it sounds good to us chances are we are gonna incorporate it into our mix.

MP: Who are some of your influences?

G: Anything Motown, D’ Angelo, Rhymesayers, Otis Redding, Carole King, NOFX, Wu- Tang, J. Dilla, Ice Cube, W.C., Dr. Dre. I feel I get new influences everyday, but those are for sure some foundation pieces of my love for what I do.

MP: What are your thoughts about the current state of hip-hop?

G: I like it. I have fun with hip-hop. It’s always changing and evolving and, for me, that’s awesome ‘cause I love playing around with different sounds. Keeps me interested.

MP: Where do you draw inspiration for your songs?

G: Anywhere. Life, love, fun, pain, booze, grapefruit juice, Jenga games, water

births… Anything.

MP: On your first album you made most of the beats yourself. Do you still do that or do you rely more on your DJ, Budo?

G: I am still very involved with the production process of my records. Budo is just one of the only people I get on a musical level. When he plays I get inspired and that helps us make awesome music together. That’s why I always loved rocking my own beats, because I understood them. I made a lot of the music on 88 Keys and Counting too. It just doesn’t sound like it ‘cause Budo and I work so well together you think it’s just all one person, but read the liner notes.

MP: What’s your live show like?

G: You ever seen a bear and a bald eagle fight each other to the death on a cloud of fire? It’s pretty much like that, but with a trumpet solo and two small Jewish dudes (Budo and me).

MP: What is your favorite part about performing live?

G: Peoples’ faces. Getting to see the things that you create emotionally effect another

person is one of the greatest feelings I’ve ever got to experience.

You ever seen a bear and a bald eagle fight each other to the death on a cloud of fire? [My live show] is pretty much like that - GRIEVES MP: Is there a new album in the works yet?

G: Yes. I am actually writing to you now from the studio we work at in Colorado.

Look out for it in the fall on Rhymesayers ENT. MP: Any other big plans for the year?

G: I got this tour with P.O.S. coming up right now. That should be a blast because I’m a huge fan of that dude’s music. After that on Feb. 28th we go to Europe with Brother Ali. That’s gonna be huge for us.

We’ve never played over seas before. After that, we will be flying from France to Austin, TX for SXSW. Then after that, we are gonna chill ‘til the fall when we release our new record. BOOSH!

Grieves

P.O.S., Dessa and Grieves 8 p.m., Feb. 5 @ Marquis Theater, $15

Mile High and Rising:

Hot White’s noises from the underground Search deep enough in the underground of Denver’s music scene, and that’s where you will find Hot White. The best noise rock band out of Parker, CO since, well… ever. Hot White is not creating the kind of music you would expect from two teenagers who met at a suburban middle school.

Band members Darren Kulback and Kevin Wesley have been playing together since 2004, they started out jamming together in Kevin’s basement, with Darren on drums and Kevin on guitar. They quickly moved on to playing various house and basement shows, and with bigger aspirations in mind formed their first band, Ghastly Poisonous Gas. Ghastly Poisonous Gas, which was made up of three other friends from school, gained much popularity around UNC in Greeley, where Kulback’s good friend attended college and booked shows.

Being in a band for the first time gave the boys their first taste at performing live outside of the school talent show setting.

As well as a chance to be creative, writing their own songs and experimenting with different sounds — blasting drumbeats and severely distorted guitar tones.

After the break-up of Ghastly in 2006, Darren and Kevin continued playing together and soon formed Hot White.

The band started with the two teenagers playing mostly instrumental music. With fragmented yet grounding drum beats and a drilling guitar that Wesley can make sound like just about anything.

The band has a somewhat cult-like following, which includes groups of doit-yourself rock kids from all over Denver.

The crowd is looking to have fun and hear good music for as little money as possible.

This crowd doesn’t care where you’re from or what you do, just be able show them something they haven’t seen or heard before, as Hot White has done.

After playing a string of shows at various venues including frequent appearances at the late, great Monkey Mania on Arapahoe Street, the boys met UCD Junior, Tiana Bernard.

Tiana is now the third member of Hot White, her shrill voice and manic bass playing can be heard on the band’s debut, which was recorded and released this past December.

With their new member the band has been playing shows all over Denver, most

Tiana Bernard, Darren Kullback and Kevin Wesley are Hot White

recently DIY venues BlastOmat and Rhinoceropolis. They also completed a 10-day tour of the Southwestern U.S. The band toured with Attractive and Popular, from Arkansas who they met playing a show at Rhinoceropolis.

The band toured from December 15 to the 24, coming back to Colorado just in time for Christmas, but not ready to come home at all. This is a band that enjoys life on the road, Wesley said. The long hours spent in a rank van, the adventure of not knowing where you’re going to sleep the next night and sleeping on the floor when you get there. But Hot White’s favorite part? Meeting new people. The band made many connections while on the road, and

were stoked to see some real fans at their shows. They are currently in the works to record a new split 7” with Arkansasbased band, Mother Hug. With a demo and a successful tour under their belt, Hot White is pushing on to bigger and better things. Definitely go check them out next time they play Denver’s Rhinoceropolis.

By Melissa Wesley • mwesley2@mscd.edu

B7 2.4.2010 THE METROPOLITAN

On The Record:

Massive Attack’s 100th Window into trip-hop

By Ben Wiebesiek • wiebesib@mscd.edu

as trip-hop. The fans of this style of music were more pretentious than even the punk purists, and trip-hop collapsed before the Y2K bug had a chance to crash their electronic drum loops.

But for me, this is where the story got interesting. Once trip-hop ceased to be reliably profitable, several of the rotating members of Massive Attack jumped ship, leaving only Robert Del Naja to record any future albums and to turn out the lights when he was done.

The album Del Naja created was 100th Window. Gone were the world music influences or any of the warm and organic sounds from previous Massive Attack albums. It was as if Del Naja rolled down a window on the space station Mir before it limped into the Earth’s atmosphere.

The critics were bored and the fans were angry. Hell, even one of the former members of Massive Attack decided to return because he was unhappy with the “new sound.”

Maybe I’m just naturally attracted to this sort of drama, (I did tune into Jon and Kate only for the last season) but when I heard the pejorative scale rattling through the caverns of tracks like “Futureproof,” “Butterfly Caught” and my favorite, “Antistar”; I immediately and truly fell in love.

Perhaps this sounds like I’m playing devil’s ad-

PHOTO FLASHBACK:

Massive Attack • 100th Window vocate and this is all just the latest extrapolation of hipster madness. But for nearly a decade, the CD has consistently found its way into my car and my iPod. And if you still don’t believe, consider this: my first draft of this article was on a chick named Miley.

The Disco Biscuits Keyboardist Aron Magner, far left, bassist Marc Brownstein, center, along with drummer Allen Aucoln and guitarist Jon Gutwillig, right, of Philadelphia-based jam band The Disco Biscuits perform on Jan. 29 at the second of four sold out shows at the Fox Theatre in Boulder.

Photo by Cameron Redwine • credwin1@mscd. edu

more upcoming shows Poet, rapper, actor or activist whatever you choose to call Saul Williams chances are he will blow some minds Feb. 11 at the Tivoli Turnhalle. Whether he is performing spoken-word poetry or rapping over a beat, Williams has an unrelenting delivery that has gained many fans and garnered much praise since he came on the scene in the 1998 film “Slam.”

Since then, he has published four 1 p.m., Feb. 11 books of poetry and released three @ Tivoli Turnhalle, FREE full-length albums. 2007’s The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust.

Thomas Evans of UCD Student Life brought Williams to campus.

“Basically, he’s one of my favorite spoken-word artists,” Evans said.

Williams will be performing spoken-word and there will be a brief Q & A afterward, so get there early. Don’t miss it.

Saul Williams

By Matt Pusatory • mpusator@mscd.edu

Boston’s working-class punkers Street Dogs are back in Denver for the umpteenth time since the band’s founding in 2002.

After leaving the Dropkick Murphys in 1998 to become a firefighter, lead singer Mike McColgan missed the life of the road and started the less-celtic, but still sing-along worthy Street Dogs.

8 p.m., Feb. 6 Also playing at the Denver @ Marquis Theater, $15 show are local bands Reno Di8 p.m., Feb. 8 vorce and Kill City Bombers. @ Black Sheep, $14 Both the Marquis in Denver and Black Sheep in the Springs are great small venues to see this beer swinging punk band do their thing.

Street Dogs

By Dominic Graziano • dgrazia1@mscd.edu

Audio{files}

Synthetic, repetitive, claustrophobic, frozen, repressive, droning, soulless, sterile - In the world of music reviews, these adjectives represent the eight notes in the pejorative scale. But these are also the words I would reach for to describe one of my favorite albums: 100th Window by Massive Attack.

My mother thought of herself as eclectic, with a taste in music ranging from classical to baroque to romantic. My father was a fan of musicians as diverse as Bob Dylan or Electric Bob “Judas” Dylan. My open-minded friends in high school felt that the only rock worth discussing was indie and the only hiphop worth exploring was socially conscious.

Yes, I grew up in the staid realm of High Art; a place Alice might have found in a dusty corner of Wonderland, where through the magic of anti-imagination, a closet could claim to be a cosmos. Where people are free to tap their toes to an unusual meter in 5/4 time and where everyone is free to run bare without the restriction of rhyming couplets, but where one could never, ever partake in the strange, forbidden notes of the pejorative scale.

Massive Attack will never free any hostages from this musical snobbery (for that, T- Pain is humanity’s last true hope), but the album 100th Window at least cured my Stockholm Syndrome.

Together with the group Portishead, Massive Attack led a stunted little sub-genre in the ‘90s known

Matt Pusatory mpusator@mscd.edu Music Editor

On Feb. 4, 1975, Vocalist/ saxophonist Louis Jordan died of a heart attack. He is the record holder of most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B charts with 113. Of those 18 chart-topping hits, four stayed at No. 1 for more than 10 weeks. His biggest pop hit is the 1944 No. 1 song “G.I. Jive.’’

B8 • AUDIOFILES • FEBRUARY 4, 2010 • THE METROPOLITAN

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IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 12

ATTENTION METRO STUDENTS! DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR COMPUTER LABS ARE? Student Lab Hours & Locations LAB

Platform

Mon–Thurs

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

KC

317

PC

8 a.m.–9 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed

PL

246

PC

8 a.m.–9 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed

PL

307

Mac & PC

8 a.m.–9 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed

SI

1088

Mac & PC

7 a.m.–10 p.m.

7 a.m.–8 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

12–4 p.m.

SO

103

PC

8 a.m.–9 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed

SS

119

Mac

8 a.m.–9 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed

Closed

TIV

225

Mac & PC

8 a.m.–9 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed

WC 244

Mac & PC

7 a.m.–10 p.m.

7 a.m.–5 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed

WC 243

PC

8 a.m.–9 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Closed

Metro South

PC

8:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m.

8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Closed

Metro North

PC

9 a.m.–8:45 p.m.

9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

Closed

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Metro State IT Computer Labs have implemented a printing policy. For detailed information, please visit: www.mscd.edu/~infotech/complabs/policies.htm.

Remember, no drinks or food allowed!

IT Labs can not be responsible for lost items including jump drives. Please visit the Tivoli lost and found for assistance.

A wealth of information about the Metro State Computing Labs can be found at www.mscd.edu/~infotech/complabs/info. Here you will Ànd information on lab hours, lab locations, software availability, policies or employment opportunities.

Metro State IT Computer Labs are Green!… All printers in the Computer Labs default to duplex printing in an effort to reduce the amount of paper consumed. Join our efforts to save our environment!

Students using Metro State IT Labs and associated resources should be aware of the rules and procedures that make up the Metro State Responsible Usage Policy.

To learn about responsible use of information technology resources at Metro State, go to: www.mscd.edu/~infotech/complabs/policies.htm.

For the convenience of our customers, IT Lab Services have added two new Equitrac Pay Stations in the Tivoli 225 and South 103 labs in addition to the pay station in the West 244 lab.

Metro State has labs that are equipped with PC or MAC systems. The computer labs are not just for students taking computer classes. Any Metro State student who is currently enrolled may use the equipment. Word processing, spread–sheet, database and programming software is available. Laser printers are available in each of the labs as well as access to the World Wide Web.

THE METROPOLITAN • FEBRUARY 4, 2010 • INSIGHT • A9

Skiing, Shredding and J.D. Salinger Although fresh snow at lots of Colorado ski areas was a no-show until very recently, the Denver Snow Show started last week with a Wednesday night ski fashion show that coincided with President Obama’s State of the Union speech. When, outside the Denver Convention Center, light snow fell as a symbolic good omen – for the Snow Show, if not for Obama.

Snow Show? Where’ve you been? Watching Fox “News”? After a 37-year run in Las Vegas, the ski trade show brought the biggest influx of convention folks to hit Denver in years; definitely since the Democratic Convention in 2008. Industry estimates say the four-day soiree drew more than 17,000 ski industry souls: manufacturers, sales reps, retailers and their buyers and even some media –credentialed freeloaders.

Last week’s visitors gladdened the hearts of sold-out hotels and restaurants along with bar and nightspot operatives; not to mention the Denver Convention & Visitors Bureau that’s now re-branded “Visit Denver.” So it’s not a big stretch to guess that the giddiest man at the show was Visit Denver communications chief Rich Grant.

Luring this major trade show away from Vegas was no small feat, with Denver emissaries toss-

J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com ing their first pitches nearly three years ago. But show organizer Snowsports Industries America (based just outside Washington, D.C., where trade associations like to cluster) has inked an 11-year contract to stage its extravanza in Denver. So, to recast a cliche, what happens in Denver should stay in Denver and local tourism optimists say the show, over the life of that contract, may pump nearly 350 million visitor bucks into a local economy that can certainly use it.

With the Winter Olympics in Vancouver two weeks away and sure to whet a public appetite for “snow sports” of all kinds, the Snow Show was a marriage made in booster heaven.

At the Convention Center last week, a space the size of several jetliner hangers would have greeted you with a halogen-lit Hieronymus Bosch-fantasy canvas.

With skis and snowboards sporting skulls and graffiti and all man-

LETTER TO THE EDITOR On a mild and clear Arizona winter night in January, a fire danced in the outdoor fireplace, white lights graced the tree branches, and the moon smiled down upon a small group of fellow Metropolitan State alumni gathered to dine together.

In 1986, I graduated with a journalism degree from Metro State and moved to Arizona to work as a reporter. This dinner was the first alumni event I’d attended, and I felt excited for the opportunity to connect with fellow Metro alumni living in the Southwest.

President Stephen Jordan spoke about developments and changes at Metro State: planned graduate schools, new construction and innovative methods for student retention.

I noted how successful we all looked in our professional attire, teacher, banker, insurance adjuster, former city councilmen, and myself, a journalist.

Yet, at one time, we were no different than the Metro students of today.

Placed at each table, and much to my delight, was a copy of The Metropolitan. I felt as if I were seeing a cherished, old friend again. I proudly told everyone, including Dr. Jordan, how thrilled I felt when I had my first news article published.

When I started Metro in 1982, I had been out of high school for several years. I had marginal high school grades, no scholarships or academic awards, no teacher recommendations, and no one in my family had attended college before me. Yet, I was accepted and given the chance to embark upon a college education.

One of my first classes was Introduction to Journalism taught by the brilliant and demanding Greg Pearson. It took awhile before I stopped feeling as if someone might tap me on the shoulder during class and tell me to get back to serving beer and pizza.

Who did I think I was trying to be, a reporter?

The first assignment I received back from Mr.

ner of “retro” art running from “urban-edge” chain-link fences to Jackson Pollock abstract-splashes to New York subway-style graffiti that seemed lifted straight from 1972 that some of us can remember without referring to digitalrecall art.

Many manufacturer booths offered DJs who apparently got paid by the decibel . Even gloves and hats, those mainstays of staid tradition, flashed insane art. You haven’t seen these looks; certainly not on the slopes this season, because they won’t show up in ski shops until Fall. At prices stiffer

will cost at retail? Which should say something about the wannabes who will actually buy into, so to speak, some of these trends.

Even if the show was taken out of Vegas, Vegas wasn’t entirely taken out of the show. Pioneer ‘board maker Burton flashed a huge area complete with Vegas casino-type signs and long-legged Vegas-style showgirls. Others had leggy ladies in fishnets. None of the guys – average age spread : 25 to 40 –complained.

Beyond the laid-back veneer of devil-may-care ambiance, the show was serious business for

Beyond the laid-back veneer of devil-may-care ambiance, the show was serious business for timeis-money exhibitors and reps showing wares... than old-style, no-camber, skis.

Rep after rep would tell you that the all-the-rage retro and urban edge is aimed at a young market (what ELSE is new?) that finds retro art, along with music - where “retro” means 1980s -and all the trappings of “punk,” appealing again. Many may be suburban kids who might not know a real street — we’re not talking cul-desacs — if it kicked them right in the ass. And how many genuine “urban” kids have the $600 or so some of these duded-up ‘boards

Pearson was marked with bright red ink, but beyond them I saw hope. Someone was taking the time to teach me, and not just Mr. Pearson, but all my professors saw in me potential. Their belief in my ability to learn, and my desire to stretch my academic wings, kept me coming back to class and doing my assignments. Hanging in there.

And there were times I wanted to quit. I worked two part-time jobs, struggled to pay rent on a rundown bungalow near campus, rode my bike to school and my wardrobe came from Goodwill. Yet I was happier than I had ever been in my life. Go figure. Cliché as it may sound I was following my heart, my dream, and my world was expanding.

Eventually I learned how to write well enough to be given an assignment with the Metropolitan. I interviewed an administrator with a vice-president before his name. He sat behind a big desk, and my hand shook as I took notes, but I wrote the story and it actually got published and read. My writing was being taken seriously. Amazing.

By the time I earned my journalism degree, I had accumulated enough writing clips to land a reporting job at a small newspaper in Arizona. Everything I learned in college, I put to use as I covered small town news.

Later, I wrote for a variety of publications, financial, legal and business as well as stints with The Arizona Republic, the major metro daily in Phoenix.

I published fiction and also taught English as A Second Language for several years to adult refugees. I am currently finishing my novel.

So as I dined with my fellow alumni beneath the moon, I couldn’t help recall my humble beginnings.

Metro State had grown up and so did I, but it wasn’t over. Now it was important to give back, support the college that changed my life so it will be there for many years to come to help future students.

Susanne Brent Content has been edited for space.

time-is-money exhibitors and reps showing wares, writing orders and poring over laptops. Most veterans of Vegas shows said they preferred Denver. Some of them may have been carefree shredders when ‘boarding — which essentially saved the ski industry — got started around 1977. Like those players, the industry has grown up since the halcyon days of Vegas shows in the mid-‘70s, seen there by this observer, when a 10 percent yearly growth rate was automatic. And Norwegian ski champion Otto Tschudi — just inducted into the Ski Hall of Fame — was at the top of his game; making the Vegas show rounds in his ZZ-Top beard. But the halcyon days are gone, and the industry – like Vegas itself - is a vastly different place.

Last week, the grand old man of skiing — Klaus Obermeyer himself — greeted buyers, reps and old friends from his huge display area. Shaking hands and posing for pictures with a genuine smile and warmth, the exuberant Obermeyer offered the mirror-opposite of Teutonic stereotypes. How old is he? “The newspapers say I’m 90,” he said. Which would make him just a year younger than legendary and reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who left us last week.

Salinger also left his 1951 “Catcher In the Rye,” in which young Holden Caulfield feared, among other things, losing his youth and freedom to a world filled with “phonies.”

Holden might have found phonies at the Snow Show. But he might have also seen a celebration — however commercial and contrived - of youth and freedom; the twin touchstones of what was ultimately sold, to age groups well beyond the target demographic niche.

Today, many of us think we’d love to recapture that youth and freedom - real or imagined. But the price has gone up. It’s still possible to believe we can be part of a sun-on-the-slopes/ blastingthrough-powder skier/shredder subculture. No problem. It just costs a lot more.

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A10 • SPORTS • FEBRUARY 4, 2010 • THE METROPOLITAN

Graphic Artists Wanted The Metro State Office of Student Media has graphic artist positions available. You will be designing with Mac workstations and work in our production room. If you are a currently enrolled Metro State student available 15–25 hours each week, we’d like to meet with you. Must know InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat. Call 303-556-2507 for more information.

Pay is based on experience. Work study preferred.

A11 • FEBRUARY 4, 2010 • THE METROPOLITAN

SPORTS

“We’re not Latin, so we have hopeless American hips.”

-KIM HUTCHINSON, SALSA, SUSHI AND SAKE ATTENDEE, METROSPECTIVE, B1

Kate Ferraro • SPORTS EDITOR • kferraro@mscd.edu

metro 65 - Mines 67 • Metro 76 - CCU 64

Mines breaks ’Runners streak

By Matt Hollinshead mhollin5@mscd.edu Metro’s nine-game winning streak ended abruptly Jan. 29 against Colorado School of Mines, 65-67 at the Auraria Events Center.

“We came out flat,” Metro guard Donte Nicholas said. “To put it plain and simple, we didn’t come out with the energy we needed to. We can’t afford to take nights off because everybody is going to give us their best game, and we’ve got to be better prepared for this. We’ll take this loss, and we’ll learn from it.”

In the first half against Mines, Metro jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first 1:55. Metro then became sluggish defensively, allowing three-point shot after three-point shot. However, Metro managed to score 14 points off of turnovers to lead Mines, 30-28 at the half.

At halftime, Metro shot 10-24, including 9-11 from the free-throw line. Meanwhile, Mines was only shooting 9-22 as a team, including 5-22 from beyond the arc.

In the second half, the game turned sour for the Roadrunners.

Metro shot 10-30 from the floor, including 13-20 from the free-throw line. Mines took advantage of Metro’s poor shooting by going on a 9-2 run to tie the game at 47 with 9:07 remaining.

Mines drained a three-point shot with 4:07 left to take the lead, 5856. The Orediggers maintained their lead to win the game, 67-65.

“Mines played very well in the second half,” Head Coach Brannon Hays said. “They shot the ball well.

Offensively, our goal was to get the ball in the paint, which we did. Unfortunately we missed 16 of those shots. We had a lot of good looks there, and we’ve just got to cash in on them.”

In the second half, Mines shot 13-24 from the floor and 22-46 overall, including 6-18 from the threepoint line. Metro shot 20-54 overall and committed 12 turnovers. Nicholas led the team with a game-high 28 points and had four steals.

“We were over-rotating a little bit defensively tonight; we were getting out of position defensively at different times,” Hays said. “We’ve got to do what we do, play by our defensive rules, so we can get our stops and not give up easy baskets.”

Metro quickly rebounded the following afternoon against Colorado Christian University, 76-64, and was a career game for Nicholas.

Nicholas scored a game-high

SIDELINE THIS WEEK

2.4 Women’s Basketball

6 p.m. @Univ. of Nebraska- Kearney Men’s Basketball 8 p.m. @Univ. of Nebraska- Kearney

2.5 Softball

Noon vs. Univ. of Nebraska- Kearney Baseball 1 p.m. vs. CSU-Pueblo

2.6 Softball

Noon vs. Ft. Hays State Baseball Noon @ CSU-Pueblo Track and Field TBA @ New Mexico Classic Women’s Basketball 2 p.m. @ Chadron State Men’s Basketball 4 p.m. @ Chadron State

2.7 Softball

11 a.m. vs. Emporia State Baseball Noon vs. CSU-Pueblo Metro guard Brian Minor drives to the basket against the Colorado School of Mines Sean Armstrong Jan. 29 at the Auraria Event Center. The Orediggers beat the Roadrunners 67-65, breaking Metro’s nine-game winning streak. Photo by Jason Bahl • jbahl5@mscd.edu 36 points, shooting 11-15 from the floor, including 4-4 from the threepoint line and 10-12 from the free throw line.

“Yesterday [Jan. 29], we just came out a little lack-luster,” Nicholas said. “We didn’t come out with the energy that we should have had.

We’ve got to bring our ‘A’ game every game because everybody’s going to bring their ‘A’ game. Every game is a national championship game for them. When they won, you could see how they celebrated.”

Metro is now 16-3 this season, including 9-2 in the RMAC and will go on a four-game road trip, starting Feb. 4 at Nebraska-Kearney, before coming back home for the final four games of the season.

Metro men vs. Mines (01/29/10 @ Metro)

Metro men vs. CCU (01/30/10 @ Metro)

GAME SCORE 1 2 Total Metro..................... 30 35 - 65 Mines........................ 28 39 - 67

GAME SCORE 1 2 Total Metro..................... 42 34 - 76 CCU............................ 30 37 - 64

Field Goal %: Metro 37.0, Mines 47.8 3-point %: Metro 30.0, Mines 33.3 Free throw %: Metro 71.0, Mines 68.0 Total rebounds: Metro 35, Mines 32

Field Goal %: Metro 47.4, CCU 38.9 3-point %: Metro 38.9, CCU 38.9 Free throw %: Metro 75.0, CCU 72.7 Total rebounds: Metro 36, CCU 33

STATS: Metro: Pts Donte Nicholas........... 28 Brian Minor.............. 18 Jonathan Morse....... 6

A 2 2 0

R 10 2 1

STATS: Metro: Pts Donte Nicholas........... 36 Brian Minor.............. 15 Jonathan Morse....... 11

A 5 1 1

R 9 3 8

Mines: Brett Green............... 17 Drew Hoffman.......... 13 Sean Armstrong....... 12

1 3 7

0 6 0

CCU: Jobi Wall................... 20 Rye Olsen.................. 15 Tyler House............... 11

3 5 3

13 2 2

Say What?

“I was able to leave home and realize what I had and appreciate it, but I love Metro and it is a better fit for me.”

METRO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GUARD CHELSEA WILLIAMSON, A12 Senior Guard Chelsea Williamson Feature, A12 Super Bowl Picks, A13

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metro 59 - Mines 37 • Metro 67 - CCU 71

’Runners split

By AJ Boogert aboogert@mscd.edu

After three straight conference wins by the Metro women’s basketball team, the Roadrunners were confident going into Jan. 30’s game at the Auraria Events Center against Colorado Christian University. Even the combined 31 points courtesy of twin sister guards Kristin and Brandi Valencia weren’t enough to hold off the Cougars.

Metro’s main issue was letting CCU score off offensive rebounds.

They gave up 12 offensive rebounds resulting in 11 points and nine points off turnovers. Through the entire game, CCU gathered 17 second-chance points.

Even though CCU held a lead for a majority of the game, it was still very close throughout.

“I thought we played extremely well despite the loss,” Head Coach Linda Lappe said. “We had many different players step up for us at different times throughout the game, and we kept fighting until the end.”

The largest lead for the Cougars came early in the second half when CCU led by a mere eight points at 51-

43. For the rest of the game, Metro kept the Cougars within striking distance, not being down by more than four points.

Kristin Valencia led the game in rebounds with 10, steals with four, and had two assists to go along with her very respectable 6-13 shooting.

Astoundingly, this was also Valencia’s seventh straight game with 10 or more rebounds.

Though Metro shot a solid 40 percent from the field and played a great game overall, they couldn’t keep up with CCU’s phenomenal 49 percent shooting from the floor, led

by CCU guard Brittany Long who scored all 15 of her points from beyond the arc. Long went 5-of-10 from 3-point range.

On the other hand, Metro destroyed CCU at the free-throw line.

CCU shot a measly 20 percent from the charity stripe. Led at the line by Metro guard Jasmine Cervantes, Metro shot a fantastic 85 percent from the line. Cervantes went 8-10 to complement her impressive stat line including 13 total points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Cervantes has stepped up as a great

ball handler who puts up good numbers in all categories.

“There were numerous times where we could have folded but didn’t and therefore had a great shot to win it at the end of the game,” Lappe said. “The ball just didn’t bounce our way.”

Metro kept it close, going back and forth with the lead with about nine minutes left. Metro grabbed a 62-61 lead with about five minutes left in the second half but it would be their last, as CCU guard Bre McBath sunk a 3-pointer with three minutes to go, which would be the eventual dagger.

After a fight to the finish, the Roadrunners took a 68-71 loss.

Feb. 4, Metro heads east to play against University of Nebraska at Kearney, who currently has a 4-13 record overall.

Metro guard Alyssa Benson drives to the basket against Colorado School of Mines Jan. 29at the Auraria Events Center.

Photo by Jason Bahl • jbahl5@mscd. edu

Senior brings experience to the rim

By Jeremy Hoover jhoover9@mscd.edu

Despite having only two seniors on the team, the Metro women’s basketball team has started the 2009-10 season very strong and is in great position to make a postseason appearance. Several players on the team have emerged as leaders this season, especially senior guard Chelsea Williamson.

“Chelsea communicates with the players very well and has stepped up to the leadership role,” Head Coach Linda Lappe said.

She has learned from her experiences in high school and at SDSU and is now a starting guard for the ‘Runners in 2010.

Prior to playing for Metro the 5-foot-9 senior was a three-year letter winner in basketball at Boulder High School and played at SDSU for the 2006-07 season. While at Boulder, she played basketball, softball, participated in track and field and was a member of the Spanish and photography clubs.

Williamson lettered all four years at Boulder in softball and track and field. She participated on the leadership team for Faith Covenant Community Church of America.

In San Diego, she participated in basketball and track and field as a thrower. She transferred to Metro for the 2007-08 season.

“I was able to leave home and realize what I had and appreciate it, but I love Metro and it is a better fit for me,” Williamson said.

Williamson said she remains in contact with people from San Diego and loves her friends from there.

Williamson played limited minutes in a reserve role her first year as a Roadrunner and started almost every game during the 2008-09 season.

Metro women’s basketball guard Chelsea Williamson. Photo by Leah Millis • lmillis@mscd. edu

“Chelsea worked extremely hard after not playing much her first year at Metro,” Lappe said.

She scored in double-digits six times throughout the 2008-09 season and finished the year with an average of 6.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.

Williamson came into the 2009-10 season with three years experience and has used it to help the team to an 11-8 record. She and fellow guard Leandra Sands are the only two seniors on the team, but Williamson said the team is very

close and years have not been an issue.

“We only have eight girls playing right now, so we don’t really see class,” Williamson said.

Her highest-scoring game so far this year was on Dec. 19 when the ’Runners played Montana State University at Billings. Against the Yellowjackets she scored 23 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out three assists.

Although this was her best game statistically, Chelsea disagrees.

“No game stands out to me as my best this year,” Williamson said.

She approaches each game the same and through 19 games this season has averaged about 10 points, four rebounds and two assists per game.

The ’Runners can attribute some of their success to the ambitions they set at the start of the season.

“In the beginning of the year we set goals for ourselves, including making the NCAA tournament,” Williamson said. “Now that we can see the end and where the bar has been set, we are still shooting for our goal to make the tournament.”

The 2010 season will be the last collegiate year of basketball for Williamson, and she will begin to look at the future and what it may hold.

She will graduate with a major in biology and minors in Spanish and chemistry. She would like to attend graduate school. She may stay on campus and pursue a physician assistant degree from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Williamson doesn’t have any plans of playing after graduation, other than recreationally with friends. The team’s next four games will be on the road, but Williamson can be seen in action Feb. 19 against Chadron State at the Auraria Events Center.

Hockey loses key players

By Robert Dran rdran@mscd.edu What started out as a season of high hopes for Metro hockey came crashing down in a way only Murphy’s Law can explain.

At the end of the fall semester, Metro lost nine players, seven were academically ineligible and two had to leave for personal reasons. Those players included five of their six top scorers. The damage spread from the roster to the locker room and onto the ice as Metro has scored 13 goals in their last seven games since Dec. 11. The opposition has scored 82 in the same span.

The game against the University of Denver Jan. 29 was representative of the previous six as the ‘Runners lost 14-4. Team captain Turner Bahn had a goal and an assist, while forwards Montana Loundagin, Kyle Obuhanick and Michael Walker each had a goal. Forward Steve Call also had two assists.

“It’s not fun to lose your top scorers like that. I am the only one left,” Bahn said.

Metro added seven players during the spring semester, but nevertheless, a net loss of two Continued on A13>>

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Football a fantasy for Metro athletics Each fall as students head back to class and make the best of the limited summer sunlight left, one resounding question seems to resurface as colleges across the country start a new academic year.

No, it’s not why there aren’t any dorms or why is the student housing facilities off-campus. The ohso-common fall question is: Why doesn’t Metro have a football team?

College football is the one sport that has been able to fully integrate itself with the fall academic semester and has become, in some ways, more popular than professional football.

But why doesn’t a college with a reputation for excelling in athletics have a football team?

According to Athletic Director Joan McDermott, the answer to that ever elusive question comes in three parts.

The most obvious reason stems directly from our current national financial situation. The cost of a football team far exceeds the most successful varsity sports at Metro, making the probability of starting a football program weak at best.

“With football, you have a minimum of three full time coaches,” McDermott said. “You have your head coach; have your offensive coordi-

The cost of a football team far exceeds the most successful varsity sports at Metro, making the probability of starting a football program weak at best.

JOSIAH KAAN jkaan@mscd.edu nator, your defense coordinator and then, a lot of times under them you’ll have an assistant defensive coach and an assistant offensive coach, who are also full time.”

The cost of a minimal football coaching staff with three coaches would approximately amount to between $150,000 and $175,000. To reduce the program cost of football, schools with graduate degree programs will have graduate assistants on their coaching staffs, McDermott said.

And that isn’t all the financial worries of a football team.

The cost of equipment combined with traveling and awarding athletic scholarships can keep the cost increasing rapidly.

As a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference rule, the amount of scholarship money that a RMAC school

can award cannot exceed 28 full-ride scholarships, which is eight less than the maximum amount the NCAA will let division II schools award.

“With 28 full scholarships, you could break those down, give a whole bunch of guys tuition, fees, and books, then you can spread that money pretty good,” McDermott said. “It’s still going to add up quite a bit, [$400,000] to $500,000, just thinking off the top of my head.”

The second reason Metro is footballless comes from gender equality requirements that NCAA schools must abide by.

According to NCAA.org, Title IX is a federal statute created to prohibit sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal financial assistance. In other words, since the Metro athletic department receives federal funding it must provide equal opportunities in athletics for both male and female athletes.

“Say you have a roster of a hundred guys, I think that is pretty typical of a division II roster for football,” McDermott explained. “We would

need to have that many more opportunities for women. We probably wouldn’t have to have 100 spots, but we would need to add a few more women’s sports.”

This doesn’t sound like a difficult task but since Metro already has every major women’s sport (volleyball, basketball, soccer, track and field, cross country and softball), the task becomes finding a sport with enough significant interest to build a program off of.

The third reason comes from lore of Metro’s beginning.

“I don’t know if this is true or not, but when the school was started and the charter was written, to start the school, that it was written in there that we can never have football,” McDermott said. “I’ve heard that forever.”

So, there it is. There isn’t one reason for the lack of football team, but a slew them. Whether it be a financial reason or just that Metro was never meant for football, pigskins and goalposts are not on the horizon for Metro’s sports.

Metro loses nine players, gains seven <<Continued from A12 players does not tell the whole story. The missing talent speaks greater volumes than the quantity of players lost. One of several notable losses was last year’s leading scorer forward Dan Golden.

“I knew it was going to be bad, but I didn’t know it would be this bad,” head coach Ryan Callahan said. “We don’t have the talent. We will keep 10 guys for next year if we’re lucky.”

Callahan and Bahn were only expecting to lose two or so players until the last minute bombshell at the end of the semester. Now with only three games remaining, Metro will have to rebuild and recruit for next season.

“We had chemistry at the beginning of the season but now we lost it. We have to start all over again. I lost all my line-mates,” Bahn said.

The Roadrunners will play Feb. 5 against Utah State University at the Edge Ice Arena in Littleton, and Feb. 6 against the University of Northern Colorado at the Ice Haus in Greeley. They will finish out the season Feb. 12 against the University of Utah at the Edge Ice Arena.

Super Bowl XLIV Picks The ‘Super Saints’ have ridden the leadership of quarterback Drew Brees all season. As the NFL’s top offense during the regular season, the Saints put up 40 or more points four times, and– 30 or more points 5 times. The defense has been solid throughout the season and playoffs, racking up 39 takeaways this season, second best in the NFL. Josiah Kaan jkaan@mscd.edu Who dat? Who dat? Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? Who dat?

The keys to the Saints victory in Super Bowl XLIV lie in Drew Brees and their defense.

Drew Brees has grown into the Saints heart and soul, leading them to a 13-0 start to the season.

The Saints defense brings a lot of pressure, and Manning has historically struggled with blitzing defenses.

Expect a high scoring game but the NFL’s golden boy won’t be able to handle the Saints’ pressure.

Saints win 45-43.

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4:25 p.m. MST

Matt Hollinshead mhollin5@mscd.edu The Saints have the number one offense in the NFL, led by Drew Brees, and their defense has been just as strong this season.

They blitz the quarterback effectively, and they will find a way to get to Peyton Manning.

Dwight Freeney, the Colts’ star defensive lineman, is questionable for the game because of injury.

Overall, the Saints are going in with confidence from the win against the Vikings, while the Colts struggled early on against the Jets.

Saints win 39-27.

The Colts live and die on the arm of NFL MVP Peyton Manning. They put up the league’s second best passing offense with a receiver corps that wouldn’t last one season anywhere else. The Colts’ defense will have to step it up without their pro bowl defensive lineman Dwight Freeney if they expect to slow down the Saints’ offense.

Lauren Schaedig lschaedi@mscd.edu Despite the inspiring shame to fame run we’ve seen this season from the Saints, no amount of band-wagon fanaticism will help them overcome the juggernaut that is Peyton Manning and the Colts.

The Saints stunned opponents throughout the season with one of the best running games in the league, but no matter how many yards they can dig out of the mediocre Colts defense, it won’t stand up in the face of Manning. Sorry Saints, but the Colts are one storm you just can’t weather.

Colts win 31-28.

Kate Ferraro kferraro@mscd.edu Super Bowl XLIV is all about Peyton Manning.

The patience that Manning displays in the pocket will allow him to pick apart the Saints defense.

Drew Brees scrambles more than Manning, which is a tribute to the relaxed style of play that made Manning the league’s MVP. Although the Saints are a complete team, the Colts’ have a better overall team.

It will be a good game, but the combination of Manning and reciever Reggie Wayne will out-play the combination of Brees and running back Reggie Bush.

Colts win 35-31

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Learning Styles & Their Impact on Your Success Body Positive: Reshaping Body Image Tuesday â&#x20AC;¢ Feb. 23 â&#x20AC;¢ 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 Facilitators: 7XIZIR 0II 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX .MPP 4MREVS[MG^ 1 7 4VEGXMGYQ 7XYHIRX 8LMW [SVOWLST MW HIWMKRIH XS TVSZMHI WXYHIRXW [MXL MRJSVQEXMSR SR LS[ XLI] PIEVR ERH [LEX [SVOW QSWX IJJIGXMZIP] ERH IJ½GMIRXP] JSV XLIQ 'SQI ERH MHIRXMJ] [LIXLIV ]SY EVI ER EYHMS ZMWYEP SV OMRIWXLIXMG PIEVRIV ERH WII [LEX E [SVPH SJ HMJJIVIRGI MX GER QEOI MR ]SYV PMJI

8LMW SRKSMRK WYTTSVX KVSYT MW STIR XS QEPIW ERH JIQEPIW 7TIGM½G XSTMGW [MPP FI HIXIVQMRIH F] KVSYT QIQFIVW FYX GSQQSR XSTMGW MRGPYHI MQTVSZMRK EGEHIQMG TIVJSVQERGI Managing Test Anxiety IRLERGMRK VIPEXMSRWLMTW SZIVGSQMRK FEVVMIVW XS LIEPXL] WIPJ Monday â&#x20AC;¢ March 1 â&#x20AC;¢ 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 IWXIIQ ERH WXVIWW VIHYGXMSR 7XVEXIKMIW JSV IEWMRK W]QTXSQW SJ Facilitators: +EMP &VYGI 7ERJSVH 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX

'SVI] 0IZ] 1 % 4VI (SGXSVEP -RXIVR HITVIWWMSR ERH ER\MIX] QE] EPWS FI HMWGYWWIH

Thursdays â&#x20AC;¢ March 4, March 11, March 18 â&#x20AC;¢ 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2:15 p.m.

Institute for Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studies, 1033 Ninth Street Park

Facilitators: 'EXLIVMRI 8EWGLI 4W] ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX 'LVMWX] ;IPPIV 1 % 4VI (SGXSVEP -RXIVR .SERRE 7RE[HIV %WWSGMEXI (MVIGXSV SJ XLI -RWXMXYXI JSV ;SQIR´W 7XYHMIW March 4 â&#x20AC;¢ Part 1: Positive Body Image & Common Challenges March 11 â&#x20AC;¢ Part 2: Healthy Eating and Dieting March 18 â&#x20AC;¢ Part 3: Developing the Healthy Body Image 8LMW TEVX WIVMIW MW HIWMKRIH XS EWWMWX XLSWI [LS EVI GSRGIVRIH EFSYX XLIMV TL]WMGEP ETTIEVERGI SV [LS QE] FI YWMRK JSSH JSV GSQJSVX [MXLSYX VIEPM^MRK MX

Veterans Discussion Group Thursday â&#x20AC;¢ Feb. 4, 18 & March 4 â&#x20AC;¢ 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651

8LMW [SVOWLST MW HIWMKRIH XS EWWMWX WXYHIRXW [LS EVI X]TMGEPP] Facilitator: +EMP &VYGI 7ERJSVH 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX [IPP TVITEVIH JSV XIWXW FYX [LS PSWI GSR½HIRGI ERH FPERO Coping Skills 8LMW MW E TEVX HVST MR WYTTSVX KVSYT JSV XLSWI [LS LEZI XLMRKW SYX SR XLI HE] SJ XLI I\EQ Tuesdays â&#x20AC;¢ Feb. 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; April 13 â&#x20AC;¢ 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 MWWYIW VIPEXIH XS FIMRK E ZIXIVER IMXLIV ]SYVWIPJ SV WMKRM½GERX Facilitators: 1MGLIPPI 8IQTPIXSR 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX

SXLIVW [LS LEZI VIXYVRIH JVSQ HITPS]QIRX SV EVI EFSYX XS 'SVI] 0IZ] 1 % 4VI (SGXSVEP -RXIVR Exam Strategies for Success FI HITPS]IH ;I [MPP I\TPSVI MWWYIW ERH JIIPMRKW XLEX EVI SJXIR LEVH XS HMWGYWW EQSRKWX JEQMP] ERH JVMIRHW 8LMW KVSYT [MPP JSGYW SR JSYV MQTSVXERX (MEPIGXMGEP &ILEZMSVEP Wednesday â&#x20AC;¢ Feb. 17 â&#x20AC;¢ 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 8LIVET] (&8 WOMPPW XS LIPT ]SY MQTVSZI ]SYV VIPEXMSRWLMTW Facilitators: +EMP &VYGI 7ERJSVH 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX

IRH WIPJ HIJIEXMRK FILEZMSVW ERH MRGVIEWI ]SYV EFMPMX] XS GSTI .MPP 4MREVS[MG^ 1 7 4VEGXMGYQ 7XYHIRX [MXL GLEPPIRKMRK IQSXMSRW 8LI JSYV WOMPPW ERH TVEGXMGIW MRGPYHI %VI ]SY ½RHMRK XLEX ]SYV KVEHIW HS RSX VI¾IGX [LEX ]SY Alcohol Use: Minimizing Risk QMRHJYPRIWW MRXIVTIVWSREP WOMPPW QEREKMRK ]SYV IQSXMSRW ERH XVYP] ORS[# %VI ]SY HMWETTSMRXIH [MXL ]SYV TIVJSVQERGI SR Monday â&#x20AC;¢ March 8 â&#x20AC;¢ 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 Tuesday â&#x20AC;¢ April 20 â&#x20AC;¢ 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 GSTMRK [MXL HMJ½GYPX WMXYEXMSRW I\EQW ERH [SRHIV [LEX ]SY QMKLX FI HSMRK [VSRK# (MWGSZIV Facilitators: 1MGLIPPI 8IQTPIXSR 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX

WXVEXIKMIW XS FVMRK SYX ]SYV FIWX TIVJSVQERGI .MPP 4MREVS[MG^ 1 7 4VEGXMGYQ 7XYHIRX

Improving Social Interactions Wednesdays â&#x20AC;¢ Feb. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; March 17 â&#x20AC;¢ 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 Facilitators: 'EXLIVMRI 8EWGLI 4W] ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX

0EYVE *MROIPWXIMR 1 % 4VEGXMGYQ 7XYHIRX

Diversity

-J ]SY XIRH XS KIX RIVZSYW ER\MSYW SV WL] EVSYRH SXLIVW ERH MX KIXW MR ]SYV [E] SJ TEVXMGMTEXMRK MR WSGMEP IZIRXW XLIR XLMW KVSYT Latino/a College Experience MW JSV ]SY 8LIVI [MPP FI JSGYW SR KIXXMRK ]SY QSVI VIPE\IH QSVI Wednesday â&#x20AC;¢ Feb. 24 â&#x20AC;¢ 11 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;12 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 TVITEVIH ERH QSVI GSR½HIRX JSV E ZEVMIX] SJ WSGMEP WMXYEXMSRW Facilitators: +EMP &VYGI 7ERJSVH 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX 7XIZIR 0II 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX 'EXLIVMRI 8EWGLI 4W] ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX

G-L-B Relationships

Thursdays â&#x20AC;¢ Ongoing â&#x20AC;¢ 1â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 Facilitators: 7XIZIR 0II 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX 6IFIGGE &VSWGL 1 7 4VI (SGXSVEP -RXIVR 8LMW KE] PIWFMER ERH FM WI\YEP WYTTSVX KVSYT JSGYWIW SR LS[ [I VIPEXI XS SYVWIPZIW SYV TEVXRIVW SYV JEQMPMIW ERH SYV JVMIRHW ;I [MPP I\TPSVI SYV VIPEXMSRWLMT [MXL SYVWIPZIW ERH LS[ XLMW HMVIGXP] VIPEXIW XS SYV VIPEXMSRWLMTW [MXL XLI MQTSVXERX TISTPI MR SYV PMZIW 8STMGW [MPP MRGPYHI HEXMRK IQTS[IVQIRX WIPJ IWXIIQ KE] HIZIPSTQIRX VIPMKMSR XVYWX JEQMP] WEJI WI\ FSYRHEVMIW FIMRK SYX ERH SXLIVW

8LMW [SVOWLST [MPP HMWGYWW WXVEXIKMIW JSV QMRMQM^MRK XLI VMWOW SJ EPGSLSP ERH TVSZMHI MRJSVQEXMSR EFSYX LS[ XS ORS[ [LIR HVMROMRK MW E TVSFPIQ JSV ]SY SV WSQISRI IPWI -RJSVQEXMSR VIKEVHMRK HVYK YWI ERH EFYWI [MPP EPWS FI MRGSVTSVEXIH 6IJIVVEP VIWSYVGIW [MPP FI TVSZMHIH

Screenings

4EVXMGMTERXW [MPP LIPT XS MHIRXMJ] WSQI SJ XLI WSYVGIW SJ WXVIWW ERH GLEPPIRKIW YRMUYI XS XLI 0EXMRS E I\TIVMIRGI 8LMW Eating Disorders Screening Day [SVOWLST [MPP JSGYW SR [E]W MR [LMGL 0EXMRS E WXYHIRXW GER Tuesday â&#x20AC;¢ March 2 â&#x20AC;¢ 10 a.m.â&#x20AC;&#x201C;2 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli Turnhalle HIVMZI EHHMXMSREP WYTTSVX ERH VIWSYVGIW XS WYGGIIH MR GSPPIKI 3R 8YIWHE] 1EVGL XLI 'SYRWIPMRK 'IRXIV [MPP FI TVSZMHMRK JVII WGVIIRMRKW JSV IEXMRK ERH SV FSH] MQEKI MWWYIW EW TEVX SJ 2EXMSREP )EXMRK (MWSVHIVW %[EVIRIWW [IIO .SMR YW MR XLI 8MZSPM 8YVRLEPPI JVSQ E Q T Q JSV E JVII WGVIIRMRK ERH XS ½RH SYX MJ ]SY RIIH JYVXLIV TVSJIWWMSREP GSRWYPXEXMSR 8LMW IZIRX MW STIR XS XLI IRXMVI GSQQYRMX] RS WXYHIRX IRVSPPQIRX MW RIGIWWEV] JSV TEVXMGMTEXMSR 1IRXEP LIEPXL TVSJIWWMSREPW [MPP FI EZEMPEFPI XS ERW[IV ]SYV VIPEXIH UYIWXMSRW ERH EHHVIWW ]SYV GSRGIVRW 8LIVI [MPP FI PSXW SJ VIWSYVGIW ERH *6)) VIJVIWLQIRXW

Interpersonal Violence Mondays â&#x20AC;¢ Ongoing â&#x20AC;¢ 2:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;4 p.m. â&#x20AC;¢ Tivoli 651 Facilitators: +EMP &VYGI 7ERJSVH 4L ( 7XEJJ 4W]GLSPSKMWX

6IFIGGE &VSWGL 1 7 4VI (SGXSVEP -RXIVR

Alcohol Awareness Screening: TBA

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