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ETROPOLITAN METROPOLITAN March 31, 2011, Vol. 33, Issue 26
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Spring slack time
Community College of Denver student Nathan Conner walks a slackline March 29, on the Lawrence Street Mall, near the Auraria Library. Conner, an avid slackliner, said he isn’t the only slackliner on campus and he is trying to start a club for the balance sport. Photo by Sean Mullins • smullin5@mscd.edu
SPORTS Women’s basketball record season ends • 14 NEWS Metro broken down by the numbers • 3 METROSPECTIVE Photography without sight • 9
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“If you’ve never heard of the srudent travel program, it’s time to start listening.”
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Metro’s makeup
Average student age is between 25, 26-years-old By Ramsey Scott rscott42@mscd.edu Metro’s student body has grown in size, and it has also just grown up. While the Metro student body’s median age over the past four years has stayed between 25 and 26-yearsold, the most significant increases in student enrollments have been in students between the ages of 25 and 34. Since 2008, fall enrollment for Metro has increased among 25 to 29-year-olds by 7.4 percent and among 30 to 34-year-olds by 9.7 percent. During the same period, enrollment for students in the 20-to-24years-old age bracket, which is the largest group of students in Metro, only increased by 2.7 percent. Not every age group has seen an increase in representation among Metro’s student body. Metro has had a drop-off in enrollment among students 19-years-old and younger. Since fall 2008, that age group has seen a decrease in enrollment of just fewer than 2 percent. Overall, Metro is older than its neighbors. Only 55 percent of the student body is 24-years-old or younger. In comparison, over 70 percent of the University of Colorado at Denver is 24-years-old or younger.
40+ : 1,969 8.4 percent 35-39-years-old: 1,263 5.4 percent 19 or younger: 2,744 11.7 percent
One look at the data behind the current Metro student body makes two things clear; it is growing, and Hispanic students are the new trendsetters. Metro already has a very ethnically diverse student body in Colorado, according to Metro President Stephen Jordan. “We have more students of color than the University of Colorado Boulder and CSU combined,” Jordan said. But Jordan wants Metro to reach higher, placing Hispanic Serving Institute status as the goal. The classification requires that Hispanic students make up 25 percent of the total student population. By fostering an increase of Hispanic students, Metro more accurate-
Adams County 12.4 percent Jefferson County 16.4 percent
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6,782 Arapahoe County 21.4 percent
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25-29-years-old: 5,272 22.5 percent
20-24-years-old: 9,688 41.2 percent
Denver 28.9 percent
Douglas County 8.9 percent
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Majority of Roadrunners come from 7 areas of state Only 3.7 percent of students come from outside of the Denver Metro area in Colo. Approximately .9 percent or 205 students come from outside of Colo., and .6 percent or 134 students did not say where the lived, according to the spring 2011 student census numbers.
Largest number of students undeclared, in licensure program By Alex baskett abaskett@mscd.edu 30 to 34-years-old: 2,537 10.8 percent
Hispanic population fastest growing at Metro By Alex baskett abaskett@mscd.edu
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ly reflects the population of its community, positions itself to serve one of the state’s fastest growing groups, said Assistant Director of Institutional Diversity Frederick Davis. HSI status qualifies institutions for grant money from the Federal Government. If the 2010-11 growth level is sustained, Metro could reach HSI status in as few as five years, according to student census data. “Demographics dictate what we’re doing,” Davis said. “Becoming an HSI is inevitable.” Though Davis acknowledges HSI as a given, he doesn’t take it for granted. “One thing that everyone can admit, is that we could be doing better,” Davis said.
Metro state offers Bachelors degrees for 54 different majors fields of study, many more minors and 3 Masters degrees in addition to teacher licensure. Teacher licensure currently claims the largest number of students except indecision, otherwise known as “undeclared.” That number is shrinking though, both as a percentage of the whole population and in real numbers. The top four majors in order: Management, Biology, Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Psychology all boasted more than 1,000 students when data was last published in the fall of 2009. The fifth, Art, fell only four students short of the millennium mark. The Biology program added the most students, and had the fastest growth, which has put it on pace to be the largest program at Metro the next time the numbers are updated. All of the top programs are growing except criminal justice, which had 98 students less at the end of the last decade, than it did in the middle.
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Broomfield 3.2 percent
Boulder County 3.7 percent
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Public Services Professions Programs, which includes Athletic Training to Leisure Studies, had the largest growth as a group over the four-year period from 2005-2009 thanks to the addition of two programs; Dietetics and Hospitality, Tourism, & Events Management. Hospitality, Tourism & Events Management grew more than fivefold in its first two years. It will celebrate the ground breaking of its new home, the Hotel Learning Center March 31.
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Dancing to defund oppression Members of the Denver Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement engage in a protest dance ensemble on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver, March 25. The protesters demanded an end to the Gaza separation wall and divestment from major corporations engaged in supporting U.S. and Israeli foreign policy, such as, Caterpillar, Motorola, Elbit, Northrop Grumman, and Veolia, according to the Denver BDS. The protest was one of many events taking place as part of Israeli Apartheid Week, which lasted March 20-25. Protestors made their way from Civic Center Park to the UMB Bank at 17th Street and Broadway, where they performed a song and dance protest routine based on Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” The protest continued into the 16th Street Mall where the dance routine was performed again in front of a crowded patio at the Rock Bottom Brewery on 16th and Curtis Streets. Photo by Sean Mullins • smullin5@mscd.edu
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CCD president fired By Alex Baskett abaskett@mscd.edu The President of the Community College of Denver was fired according to Rhonda Bentz, director of media relations for the Colorado Community College System. Dr. Karén Bleeker was removed from her position with no warning to staff or students. The Colorado Community College System cited personnel issues. CCCS Vice President of Finance and Administration Cliff Richardson was named, the interim president until a permanent replacement is found. “We’re struggling to provide the kind of service we would like to provide to students,” Richardson said of CCD’s current performance. “I believe we are meeting the minimum.” CCD’s student body has grown from 5,443 students in 2008 to 8,423 this year. “With the very large enrollment growth, it has been a strain,” Richardson said. “It has been a strain on everyone.” Richardson said his first major goal as interim president is to make the process transparent to students and to show that the current shift is a change in leadership; not a change in service.
“It’s frustrating for the people left here to have no indication about what’s wrong with our leadership and the college as a whole,” said Paul Jurado who is one of two CCD representatives on the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board. “I think it would be difficult to right the course when you don’t know where you currently stand.” Jurado said he is optimistic about the choice of Richarson to pick up and lead during this mid-semester leadership change. “I understand the desire to preserve the integrity of the college,” Jurado said. “I respect the decision to protect Bleeker’s confidentiality. Because he is an employee of CCD, as well as a student, Jurado was notified by email March 25 of the CCCS’s decision. Richardson is a Metro and UCD alumni who has been working in community college administration since he was still a student himself, including four years as president of Red Rocks Community College. Bleeker oversaw CCD’s rapid growth between 2007 and 2010 when CCD was one of the fastest growing community colleges in the country. She was appointed to the office at CCD in 2008.
Former Community College of Denver President Karén Bleeker. Photo courtesy of Auraria
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THE METROPOLITAN • MARCH 31, 2011 • NEWS • 5
News in brief
State budget sees increase
Alternative spring break
An unexpected uptick in income tax revenue will allow Colorado to end the 2010-11 fiscal year with a balanced budget, while restoring some funds cut from K-12 education. The increase represents a welcomed reprieve from two years of falling revenue but is largely due to one-time payments of capital gains taxes and is not expected to have a significant impact on future budget projections. The increase “gives us a little more breathing room,” said Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, a member of the Joint Budget Committee. “By the end of the week we will hopefully have some good ideas about where that money will go.” The $161 million increase in March projections still leaves the state budget more than $.5 billion short of what Colorado spent during 2007-08 ficsal year. The balanced budget also reflects deep cuts to many programs including higher education. Many programs would welcome the shelter from budget cuts, but constitutional obligations [the money] “will go into the state education fund,” Ferrandino said.
Most students don’t typically spend their spring break volunteering, but 13 Metro students did just that. For three days they donated their time to a group of African refugees from Bhutan, Burma, Eritrea, and Congo. Students coached the refugees in basic job skills at the Safari Seconds thrift store in southwest Denver. Job training and English as a Second Language classes are part of a 12-week resettlement program run by The African Community Center, a Denverbased refugee resettlement program. The second annual Alternative Spring Break was more than just an opportunity to serve those less fortunate, but also an opportunity to build a connection between Metro Students and Safari Seconds, said Ryan Campbell, program coordinator for Metro’s Center for Urban Connections. The opportunity, made more impactful by the challenge of working across a language barrier said Campbell, is one of many efforts the Center for Urban Connections is using to give back to the Denver community,
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Faculty approves plus/minus grading New system heads off to provost and president’s cabinet for next vote By Ryen Robnett rrobnet1@mscd.edu Students may soon see a plus or minus next to their final grade. The Faculty Senate and the Student Government Assembly voted in favor of Metro
adopting a plus/minus grading system March 16. “The Faculty Senate could have voted on the issue back in February,” Faculty Senate President Kamran Sahami said. “We really wanted to get student input so we decided to wait until we got a student vote.” The SGA presented a survey to the Faculty Senate. Results showed the majority of Metro students would be interested in a plus/minus grading system, according to Faculty Senate Vice President Larry Worster.
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“The results showed a 46 percent positive response and a 44 percent negative response from students. The other 2 percent were undecided,” he said. SGA President Sammantha O’Brien said she thinks the new grading system will be very beneficial for students. “The SGA had a debate and discussion, we looked at some research brought to us by Larry Worster and the research showed that there were no valid arguments against the plus/minus system,” she said. “A student’s GPA will not decline because of the new system … There is a huge difference between a student who gives an 80 percent effort and a student who gives an 89 percent effort. It’s time we gave professors a way to grade students that reflects how they actually work in class.” The new grading system will take some time and effort to implement. The entire process could take anywhere from two to five years, O’Brien said. According to Worster, the resolution will now go to the provost and the president’s cabinet. If both are in favor of the resolution, it will be recommended to the Board of Trustees. Although the plus/minus system will be a huge change for many students, professors have the choice of using the old-fashioned way of grading by using a single letter Worster said. “Every professor will have academic freedom. Each professor will define how they will grade within their syllabus. They will use their own logic and will personally decide how they want to grade,” said Worster. Supporters say adoption of the plus/minus grading system will also give Metro the pres-
tige of a traditional four-year university. “The plus/minus system is the prominent grading system for four-year universities,” Sahami said. “(University of Colorado at Denver, Denver University, and Colorado State University) currently use the system, and it’s time Metro did. Single letter grades are most commonly used at community colleges.” The Faculty Senate had previously had the opportunity to vote on the issue in 2005 but held off until the recent survey was completed Sahami said. “I really believe the plus/minus system will provide a greater initiative for students,” Worster said. “It will impact their grade positively and more effectively.” Faculty Senate President Kamran Sahami
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NSIGHT
“I don’t think in my wildest dreams I imagined we would be here. We want to use this motivation to get back here.” —TANYA HAAVE, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH • SPORTS • 13
Use your tuition to travel the world Remember the last time you stayed up all night researching articles published in peerreviewed journals for that paper you had been dreading? How about that time you found that one article, standing alone as a shining example of exactly what you were looking for to solidify your research? Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could meet the author of that article face-toface? What if you could shake their hand, exchange business cards and pick their brain? Here at Metro, we are provided with these opportunities through the student travel program. Once a year, this program gives every student the opportunity to fly across the country, stay in a hotel and attend an academic conference—all paid for with our student tuition and fees. Each student is eligible for up to $650 in up-front travel costs. Last year, the student travel program sent 279 students to 50 different conferences in 33 cities across the nation. In fact, the student travel program has been gaining popularity. This year, the program has funded 331 students attending 52 conferences in 40 cities. These numbers, while growing, are a very small percentage of the student population. With a program like this on campus, shouldn’t we all
be taking advantage of it? Throughout the year and across the country there are academic conferences occurring in every discipline. You could end up in New Orleans for a week to attend the National Communication Association’s 97th annual convention. You could travel to San Francisco for six days to experience the American Psychoanalytic Association’s 100th annual meeting. There are countless opportunities in every discipline to travel somewhere new, gain knowledge and network with professionals and scholars alike. These conferences attract experts in every discipline who showcase their cutting-edge research to the masses. With our textbooks often years out of date, academic conferences are your opportunity to experience the forefront of modern research in your field. Even better, attending these conferences grants you the opportunity to present your own research, gain the feedback from other scholars and expose the world to your ideas. While many people struggle to have their work published late in their graduate studies, you have the opportunity to gain a head start on publication early in your academic career. Beyond the experts, representatives from
For those who suffer the cultural clutter that comes with being of student age, Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor – who left us last week at age 79 – is no longer a household name on the order of the younger–demographics–grabbing and cardboard–stiff duo who co– hosted the last Academy Awards ceremonies a few weeks ago. Taylor – who hated being called “Liz” – was never on Dancing With the Stars; Who Wants to Be the Biggest Jerk or Who Wants To Survive another God–awful reality series. Or even Donald Trump’s latest incarnation as a bad-hairpiece Grand Inquisitor judging celebrities who want money; supposedly for charities. Taylor didn’t need money or career–hyping exposure. She also had what has become almost extinct in today’s entertainment world: class. Instead, Elizabeth Taylor was a STAR when we had stars and not throwaway “celebrities”; often better known for off–screen antics, addictions, rehabs and train–wreck lives than for an abundance of actual talent. Called “the last great movie star” in obituaries and tributes, Taylor wasn’t a one–dimensional Hollywood prop. She performed serious roles that won her two best–actress Oscars — for “Butterfield 8” in 1960, and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” six years later. She garnered five Oscar nominations over a film career involving more than 50 movies spanning six decades. Eleven films were with Richard Burton, to whom she was married twice. Taylor was a closely–watched fashion icon; often bejeweled with hundreds of carats in
gems. Still, serious books continue to be written about her. She raised millions for charities that weren’t always the “safe” causes favored by Hollywood types. They included HIV/AIDS research; starting in 1986 when AIDS was a target of scorn and homophobic hate. Along the way, she survived numerous health problems, including a degenerative spine condition and a 35–year addiction to pain killers and sleeping pills – the addiction that killed Marilyn Monroe under murky conditions. Taylor also survived nine marriages to eight different men. She sported a voluptuous figure before anorexic became trendy and didn’t need publicists to hype a personal and love life that unfolded like an improbable Hollywood script. Starting at age 18, with a first marriage to hotel heir Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr. (great–uncle to Paris and Nicky wannabes), Taylor wedded multi–millionaires; actors, singers like Eddie Fisher, politicians like former U.S. Senator John Warner and Richard Burton twice. Her final marital fling lasted five years with construction worker Larry Fortensky, 20 years her junior, whom she’d met when both were patients at the Betty Ford Center for alcohol abuse in California. The 1996 ceremony was hosted by Michael Jackson. It ended in divorce — as did all of Taylor’s other marriages, except to Oscar-winning producer Michael Todd, who died in a 1958 plane crash. Some of us can remember the time when Taylor reigned over a movie and entertainment world far removed from today’s 24/7 celebrity cycle and its insatiable maw that creates, chews up and spits out celebrities in a matter of months. It was a time when on-screen leading men wore suits. And songs didn’t start with “… Hey, muthafucker, lissen up …” Somehow, we managed without celebrity blogs. And without fluffy entertainment channels with airhead hosts interviewing vapid celebrities who – sur-
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JASON DIRGO jdirgo@mscd.edu graduate schools across the country often attend these conferences to seek out undergraduate students. Rather than scanning the websites of these schools, you could have the unique opportunity to speak with a representative, face-to-face, about their program. If you’ve never heard of the student travel program, it’s time to start listening. As students, we recognize the massive investment of money, time and effort we’re putting into our education. Let’s take advantage of that investment and use it for everything it’s worth.The Student Travel Program is located in Tivoli 305 and can be reached at 303-556-5026 or online at www.mscd.edu/~travel.
Elizabeth Taylor: A star in an age of “celebrity” “… I’m still big. It’s the movies that got small …” Gloria Swanson, as aging movie star Norma Desmond to a young fan who asks “didn’t you used to be big?”, in the 1950 movie, “Sunset Boulevard.”
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J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com prise! – have nothing to say. At her zenith, I enjoyed Taylor’s movies – including “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Cleopatra” and her two Oscar performances, as much as the next man or woman. I also got to meet her, as a reporter for the Denver Post’s features section, when she was in Denver for a Betty Ford Center fundraiser. It wasn’t like talking to boyhood baseball heroes Duke Snider or Mickey Mantle, but the awe factor was in place to violate a cardinal reporter rule. Interviews weren’t allowed and I broke another rule by speaking to Taylor after the event as she was climbing into a limo. Even without the interview injunction, Taylor didn’t have to talk to me. But she did and was gracious. At the time, she’d been campaigning for thenhusband John Warner all over Virginia. And we talked about what it was like for a Hollywood icon to campaign in the coal-mining region of Southwestern Virginia. Grace and class. From possibly the last great movie star, whose like we’re not likely to see again. Once, we had stars like Taylor. Now we have celebrities like Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Charlie Sheen. And what naysayer would dare suggest that pretty much says it all?
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ETROSPECTIVE
Historic LoDo tours: extra curricular teaching
Metro professor Kevin Rucker takes his love for Colorado history to the streets By Brittney Dahl bdahl4@mscd.edu In front of The Market in historic LoDo, a man in black slacks and a grey 19th-century coat greets his newest tourists for a Saturday afternoon filled with tales that capture Denver’s past. “Dressed like this, I can say whatever I want; it’s like a license to steal,” Kevin Rucker, historian and Metro professor, said. The tours give visitors a thorough walk through Larimer Square and several LoDo locations throughout the year. There are two walking tours, one welcome to all ages on Wednesdays, and one on Saturdays for those 21 and older. Guests will be entertained with stories of conmen, brothels, opium dens and ghost stories. LoDo is one of Denver’s oldest business districts and has seen Colorado’s gold rush, industrial era and urban rebirth. Rucker gives Denver natives and visitors lessons about the past, from ghost tales in the Oxford Hotel’s men’s room to LoDo Bar and Grill. Rucker has been doing the walking tours for 10 years. He was able to obtain his position as the LoDo walking tour coordinator after he was seen giving tours to his students, which he said started as an extra credit opportunity. Rucker begins the stories in 1860 at the corner of Larimer and 15th Streets with Mademoiselle Carolista, who tied a rope between the second floor buildings of what are now Comedy Works and Ocean Prime. Rucker said Carolista took three shots of whiskey, tiptoed across the ropes between the second floor windows, blindfolded and with a wheelbarrow. The tales Rucker told April 16 began to get even more exciting as those on the tour crossed Larimer to Corridor 44. Here, Amelia, a woman in beige period clothing, is said to have walked across the hardwood floor and stand in front of what used
to be a bar. Then she vanishes. During this time, Market and 20th Streets was the edge of the red light district, which housed one of the most famous brothels, Mattie Silks House of Mirrors. Denver saloons were used for church service, and public hangings were held on 14th Street and Larimer. “The hanging spot — I don’t look at that corner the same way, because it is just hard to imagine that happened,” Denver resident Sarah Kortnicki said. Rucker, who has lived in Colorado nearly all his life, said he fell in love with the state’s history. “It’s so diverse — the gold rush, gun fighters, Indians — we have it all. I was raised on the Front Range and had a fascination with geology,” he said. Rucker obtained a master’s in business and wanted to research and write; he didn’t plan on teaching. However, he changed his mind after he instructed U.S. history at Red Rocks. Rucker said he has his own way of teaching — imaginative and understanding the ruths of Colorado and its history. “I don’t teach history on famous dead people; I look at the women, the workers, the migrants, I emphasize everything and its meanings,” he said. Rucker said the most rewarding aspect of his job as a historian and coordinator for these tours is to be able to share Denver’s history; it gets the word out to students and creates an appreciation for the past. “To see people’s eyes come alive when they really see things differently after we have past by them,” he said. Kortnicki is one of those whose eyes came to life. “On the visit, I tried to imagine and put myself in that era, rather than just reading about it,” she said. “That is what was so interesting about the tour.”
HISTORIC LODO WALKING TOUR All Ages All tours are from 4-6 p.m. Wednesdays
21 & over All tours are 3-6 p.m. Saturdays
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$20 Adults $15 with any College Student District, Inc. Members
Professor Kevin Rucker tells colorful stories of Denver's history on his Lower Downtown Denver Walking Tour shown here at a stop on Larimer Street. Photo by John McEvoy • jmcevoy@mscd.edu
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In love with sax: a passion to perform
Fred Hess to speak, be honored at 10th anniversay Jazz Celebration By Brittney Dahl bdahl4@mscd.edu The joys of jazz fill his ears and he feels an emotional connection to the music. A lifelong passion and dedication has paid off for Fred Hess, jazz composer and composition and theory professor at Metro. Hess began the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble in 1982. He was head of the Fred Hess Group, founding director of Denver’s Creative Music Works Orchestra and a member of Ginger Baker’s Denver Jazz Quintet. In addition, Hess has multiple music projects and bands and produced 15 albums in his jazz career. He is involved with the Fred Hess Quartet and Fred Hess/Marc Sabatella Duo and other ensembles led by Metro jazz professor Ron Miles. Culminating all of the journeys in his music career, Hess is the music theory coordinator at Metro. Pretending to compose, direct and write jazz music he had heard over the recorder at 15-years-old in his bedroom, spurred Hess’s ambitions. “I really wanted to be part of the music somehow,” he said. At first, he was drawn to the saxophone, but his mother said it “sounded like a duck quackin’ around.” Because she couldn’t stand the sound, Hess began to play the trombone instead. His career in jazz
music, however, would start in college with the saxophone. “Making an emotional connection that expands into passion, you have got to put time into it and want to be better,” he said. “I took lessons for 20 years, and it’s been almost 40 now, I woke up one morning and realized that I am not only good now, I am great.” His devotion to being more than a musician means he constantly thinks about what he needs to do to fill in the gaps between his desire to do something and true talent. “In jazz, we have heroes and we want to be a part of that and create something new … I made sure I could write my own music; that enabled me to have my own twist on things,” Hess said. His passion and love for jazz music is more than just a hobby. “My ex-wife once said, ‘you love that saxophone more than you love me,’ and she was right. I still have that saxophone,” he said, laughing. “Learning is always hard, it comes down to work,” he said. Hess said it’s also important to listen to the greats of the music industry, such as Louis Armstrong and Lester Young. “Personally, I don’t put myself anywhere near these idols,” he said. “They are great musicians before us who are the inspirations, the light bulbs for the musicians who can in-
spire others.” A native of Abington, Pennsylvania, Hess grew up in New Jersey and attended Trenton State College before moving to Colorado to get a doctorate in music composition from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The greatest reward to Hess is inspiring others to be passionate about jazz. He has spent 15 years as a professor at Metro, starting as a sub for Miles. Miles and Hess have been collaborative in their jazz efforts as musicians outside the classroom, as well. Today, Hess lives by the motto, “I can do better.” “If I didn’t, I wouldn’t do it. Practicing can get old, putting in long hours and not wanting to really do it,” he said. “I have been doing this for 50-some years. My wife says I have to live until I am 94 years old, I don’t know if I will be doing it for that long. I might just want to sit on the couch.” Hess will be honored at the 10th Anniversary Jazz Celebration at Metro, April 8, from 8 a.m to 6 p.m. at the King Center for Performing Arts. The 9 o’clock Big Band, made of Metro’s premier big band students, will perform his music, conducted by Hess himself. He will also lead Masters’ classes followed by a concert and lecture.
Metro Composition and Theory professor Fred Hess smirks slyly with his true love: the saxophone. Hess will be the guest lecturer at the 10th anniversary Jazz Celebration April 8, where members of the 9 o’clock Big Band will perform his own compositions. Photo courtesy of Fred Hess
Perfecting the art of public speaking, teaching
Speech communications professor raises expectations and excitement in his courses By Matt Hollishead mhollin5@mscd.edu Sometimes, college professors can help students unlock their potential by inspiring and mentoring them. Richard Perea, a professor of speech communication and psychology at Metro, could be called one of those gifted teachers. Perea has always emphasized the importance of public speaking, starting when he played football growing up, and onward to his days as a free agent with the Denver Broncos in 1983. “So many people come [into public speaking classes] thinking, ‘oh my gosh, I’m going to hate this course; it’s hard,’” Perea said. “I go in with a fairly high expectation. I try to communicate to everybody, ‘it’s not that big a deal. We’re going to have fun in here.’ If you also let them know that you want them to change during the course, you want them to improve, you kind of expect that.” Perea’s goal in all of his classes, from public speaking to sports psychology, is to help his students gradually improve their skills and, at the same time, help them reduce their anxiety and enjoy the process.
“Public speaking is something I’ve always found fascinating,”he said. “I’ve always enjoyed speaking in front of people. I do get nervous like everybody else, but I enjoy it,” he said. “It’s something that fits my personality. Public speaking, for me, is a lot about structure because I think a lot of us can speak impromptu or extemporaneous, meaning we can speak from our own experience.” Perea, a Denver native, started college at the University of Southern California in 1978, transferred to Colorado State University at Pueblo, which he attended from 1979–1982, and ended up receiving his undergraduate degree at Metro. He also received his Master’s degree in speech communication and education from University of Denver and Regis University. He’s currently working on getting his PhD from Capella, an online university. Prior to teaching, Perea, who also has a business background, had a commercial real estate business for 19 years. He also practiced athletic psychology for NFL teams while he finished his senior year at CSU at Pueblo. Outside the classroom, Perea has four children and enjoys golfing and traveling during his free time to relieve stress.
In the end, Perea believes when a student learns to trust themselves and their classmates, those students will thrive in the process. “I think it’s so important that whoever
teaches public speaking has to build a community,” he said. “It’s a collaboration. People are in this together, [and] that’s what I try to preach.”
Metro speech professor Richard Perea shows off his Calloway driver March 29. Perea says that golfing is the primary way that he unwinds. Photo by Steve Anderson • sande104@mscd.edu
THE METROPOLITAN • MARCH 31, 2011 • METROSPECTIVE • 11
Student Service Denver Flash Mob gets ready to rock at Auraria Club gets active By Megan Mitchell mmitch46@mscd.edu
Community advocacy group uses spring break to help others By Linzy Novotny lnovotn1@mscd.edu Members of the Student Service Club spent spring break advocating for social change by volunteering at the African Community Center at 850 Holly Street, a resettlement program that aids refugees, during the second annual Alternative Spring Break. “This is an amazing event and is truly the capstone experience for our Alternative Spring Break,” said Phillip Haberman, the club’s treasurer. Safari Seconds, the ACC’s thrift store, uses donated items to teach refugees life skills. Here, refugees can work in a 12-week program that provides skills for landing a permanent job. “We were able to collect more than 3,000 personal hygiene items to donate to their [refugee] program,” Haberman said. Members of the Student Leadership Board, which is at the Center for Urban Connections, started SSC this semester, said club President Alia Thobani. “[The SSC has a] mission to engage the Metro State community in service projects in collaboration with local organizations, and to foster symbiotic relationships through the empowerment of those involved,” she said. The club operates independently, but has a relationship with the Center for Urban Connections through the Student Leadership Board, and Haberman said there will be opportunities to band together in the future. The six members of SSC convene during the Student Leadership Board meetings each Friday at the Center for Urban Connections, Thobani said. Enrollment is open to all students, all year. The club has upcoming volunteer opportunities with the National Sports Center for the Disabled, Mi Casa, The Ronald McDonald House and SAME Café, Haberman said. “Once a month, the SSC volunteers with a community-based organization,” Thobani said. They will continue their partnerships with the African Community Center and Safari Seconds. Service projects for the spring and summer will be announced in the coming weeks. “It is important for students to be involved on campus and the SSC provides students with the opportunity to further their involvement in their communities,” Thobani said. “An additional advantage is that students can include their community and campus involvement ac-
FROM LEFT: Ryan Campbell, Alia Thobani and Philiip Haberman. Photo by Luke Powell • lpowel18@mscd.edu
April 1, scores of people will gather at a yet undisclosed location to dance to the song “Shout” in their new, free sunglasses provided by Red Star Worldwear during the first sponsored Denver Flash Mob. Denver residents and Flash Mob leaders, Rick Gold and Eric Rosenberg won’t announce the actual location until the morning of April 1. Participants will find out where to meet through Facebook or the Denver Flash Mob email list, which anyone can sign up for. “The cloak and dagger approach sort of builds the suspense,” Gold said. “[It] contrib-
utes to the underground feel that we try and maintain.” “Flash mobs are a protected form of free speech and assembly under the First Amendment, so no one can stop us from doing this in a public location,” Rosenberg said. “But it is more fun if we can show up without anyone expecting it.” Red Star contacted Gold and Rosenberg through their website. They will certainly consider holding more sponsored events, provided that the industry partners are right for the image of the Denver Flash Mob organization: to have fun and cause scenes, Gold said. “Our first priority is our loyalty to the won-
derful people in Denver that have come out to our events,” Rosenberg said. To date, the duo has held seven impromptu dance parties and freezes including the Light Rail Dance Party last October, the Black Friday Silent Disco in November, the No Pants Light Rail Ride in January (in 22 degree weather), and the Santa Fe Art Walk Freeze in February. “The Freeze at the Santa Fe Arts Walk was my [favorite],” Gold said. “It was by far the one that generated the most stares, questionable glances and dropped jaws.” If you want to help plan a flash mob or have an idea, you can email Gold and Rosenberg through the website, www.DenverFlashMob.com.
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Sounding Off
Man Cub’s electronic revelry In summer 2010, Danny Stillman and Alex Anderson took a break from their main projects (Drop Dead Gorgeous and Portamento) to explore some different musical styles. And — after gathering up a wealth of guitar pedals, some analog synths, a drum machine and two vocal mics — Man Cub was born. By January 2011, the duo released a six-track debut called 8 Bit Crush, which is full of glitchy noise and danceable beats. Anderson and Stillman talked to The Metropolitan about releasing some new material and, more importantly, what it’s like to break into Denver’s electronic scene.
Interview by Ian Gassman • igassman@mscd.edu IG: Just to clarify, when did this project start? AA: In November of 2010. We just got together and decided to start fucking around and now we’re where we are. IG: How did you come up with the name? AA: Basically [laughs], I had a girlfriend that I was really into and she broke up with me in June [2010]. She called me “man cub” for like four of those six months that we were dating. That was just something that was special between us, and when she broke up with me, it came as a really big surprise. So I decided that I wanted to have a band called Man Cub and I wanted to make it the sexiest band I possibly could. Then, [when] we started playing, I just asked Danny if he wanted to do it and that’s how the name came to be. I think we’re both pretty cool representing that as two dudes, and we’re both kind of hairy, so it fits. IG: With your backgrounds in hardcore and math rock, why did you both decide to take the electro route? DS: Oh man, it’s just for so many reasons. But a lot of it is because it can be done with two people easier. To have a drummer and guitar player and all that … it’s just easier to get together. IG: Also, seeing you both have played in “traditional” bands for so long, has it been hard to make connections in the local electronic scene? AA: Yeah. DS: I think that in the next year, hopefully, it will start to take off a lot more because I think a lot of people are starting to get into the idea of experimental electronic stuff. AA: People are becoming more open to it.
From Left: Alex Anderson and Danny Stillman are Man Cub. Photo by Ryan Borthick • rborthic@mscd.edu DS: Yeah, and it’s just something new, it’s something fresh. I think that’s one of the reasons we wanted to do electronic music: is to be challenged. Like, “let’s try to make a badass band live.” IG: Do you think Denver even has a good electronic scene? AA: Basically, for the electro scene in Denver, I am uneducated. I am breaking in right now and I’ve gone to parties, but I don’t know “those” people … but, I think that, hopefully, we’ll have a good response from the electronic community and we’ll learn more about it as we go along. IG: Where else would you travel to showcase your music? AA: For some reason, I want to go to Canada. I just love the music that comes out of there and I would love to bring my music there. I also think that New York would be really fun. I don’t know how this music would do in Kansas City, Mo., but I love that place, so maybe we’d go there. The West Coast is always a possibility. IG: What bands inspired you to achieve this sound? Why do you use so many guitar pedals? AA: The sound of Man Cub spawns out of a lot of these bands that are doing the’80s revival thing. I was really into the ’70s revival thing, then this ’80s little new wave thing that’s coming out. Bands like Starfucker and Neon Indian. Those are some bands that, when we started this, we we’re like, “wow, we’re actually making stuff in the same vein.” At the same time, we get into the MSTRKRFT version, as well. And the only band that I know of that does what we do with the pedals is Holy Fuck and
they are the No. 1 [band]. I’ve been trying to make noises with a guitar that a guitar hasn’t made since I was 15. People don’t understand that when I say I use a mess of guitar pedals, that I don’t play guitar. Which is the most awesome part [laughs]. “Oh, so you play guitar pedals?” “No, I just play guitar pedals man.” IG: Have you written some new material since the release of 8 Bit Crush? What do you plan on releasing next? AA: We have a couple ideas; we have one more single that we’re definitely going to put out just as a single. That’s because it’s a song and we want people to hear it. Then, I think we’re going to work on at least another EP very soon after that, which we have songs in the works [for]. IG: How should Man Cub make people feel when they listen to it? AA: It should just be random and people should feel like they’re in the early ’90s getting swarmed by noise. DS: It should be a flashback. In this new digital age, yeah, we do some digital things. But, for the most part, we want to go back in time. We want to go as far back as we can and hopefully bring people back with us and have people enjoy that.
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Worst. Song. Ever.
Rammstein’s “Pussy” shows perverted side By Matt Hollinshead • mhollin5@mscd.edu Although Rammstein’s first single from Liebe ist fur Alle Da, titled “Pussy,” is catchy, the song is controversial and, for a lack of a better word, perverted. Just when you thought Rosenrot had some lousy, uncalled for songs, Liebe ist fur Alle Da, which was released in October 2009, took it to a whole new level. Rammstein, a German dance/industrial metal band formed in 1994, generated some classic hits from 1995-2004, such as “Du Hast” and “Feuer Frei,” which initially brought them fame. Their music was innovative in Germany, considering that metal is more common in the United States and Sweden. Since then, Rammstein’s gone downhill, just by thinking with their crotches. Liebe ist fur Alle Da is no doubt, a true upgrade over Rosenrot, as far as an album goes, but “Pussy” raises some serious red flags, content-wise. Even the song’s music video includes graphic nudity and women engaging with body doubles of the band members in sexual acts. After watching the music video, I chuckled, considering it was sort of like a softcore cable porn flick. As a matter of fact, Der Bundesprüfstelle für JugendgefährDende Medien, which is German for “The Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons,” added “Pussy” to its in-
dex, making Liebe ist fur Alle Da an “adults only” album. More over, Liebe is fur Alle Da was banned in stores where German children could access it. Thinking conservatively, the German government banned advertising for the album, along with live performances. Given its lack in taste, “Pussy,” along with the rest of the album, was eventually re-edited in Germany in November 2009. Unfortunately, those paranoid measures didn’t last forever. Nevertheless, I think to myself, “Did Rammstein really have to do this? They’re more creative than that.” I support Germany’s position on the song from a lyrical standpoint. I do not like the lyrics of “Pussy” one bit. In case you all haven’t been able to connect the dots on this song by now, “Pussy,” which does combine English and German lyrics, seems to be encouraging the motherland and the homeland to have sex sooner rather than later. Lyrics include, “You’ve got a pussy, I’ve got a dick. So what’s the problem? Let’s do it quick. So take me now before it’s too late. Life’s too short, so what can wait? Take me now, oh don’t you see? I can’t get laid in Germany.” Well, I just can’t help but laugh at Rammstein. Maybe they should abstain from going into the studio to prevent further expressions of horniness in their music.
These guys are real German Casanovas. Photo courtesy of Rammstein.
THE METROPOLITAN • MARCH 31, 2011 • AUDIOFILES • 13
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Hands Down Eugene Narceologist
We here at The Metropolitan believe music should be easy to obtain. So, stop scratching at those iTunes gift cards or scrambling for CDs and download this! By Matt Pusatory • mpusator@mscd.edu
Creepy classic rock. Photo courtesy of Hands Down Eugene.
Nashville, Tenn.’s Hands Down Eugene recently released what’s been dubbed as its lost album, Narceologist, for free download through the Battle Tapes label. With an old school rock sound similar to The Beatles and Dr. Dog, it’s a wonder Hands Down Eugene isn’t more popular. Catchy choruses, jangling piano and driving bass lines are abound all throughout Narceologist, but it also happens to be a concept album about a serial killer. An interesting juxtaposition to be sure, but the lyrics take nothing away from the overall catchiness of the record, especially on tracks like “DDT Jr.” and “Larry Norman,” which sounds like Cake. That is, if Cake’s lead singer, John McCrea, actually tried to sing. The album is presented in mono, not ste-
reo, which lends to the old school appeal. Narceologist is an accomplishment in that it is decidedly influenced by the 1960s and ’70s, but still manages to sound fresh, new and entertaining. It is also an accomplishment because, while it was being recorded in 2007 and 2008, the band’s studio was robbed and the album was presumed lost until — the band was able to salvage the whole thing and give it away. These aren’t throw-away songs by any means, and with a full 13 tracks, this isn’t some tiny four-song sampler either. Narceologist could easily be a proper release, so you should grab it now, while it’s free, and save yourself a little coin. You won’t regret it. Download the full album with artwork at www.battletapes.com/media.
Band on the street
The Californian’s John Graney March 20, She Wants Revenge visited the Bluebird Theater on Colfax Ave. and brought a little known L.A. band with them: The Californian. And while bandmembers John Graney, Jon Price, Jake Gideon, Mike Hopkins and Darren Robinson all have experience in other groups, they’ve been working on this dark, but poppy, surf rock project since 2010. In fact, June 2010 marked the release of the quintet’s Sea of Love EP (which is available for digital download at www.whoisthecalifornian.com). After March 20, with the help of their adoring new fans, The Californian surpassed their goal of getting $5,000 on kickstarter.com. Now, they look forward to making a new album with the funds. Frontman John Graney gave The Metropolitan an impromptu interview while manning the T-shirt booth after the Bluebird show.
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By Julie Maas • pretko@mscd.edu JM: Where does the band name come from? JG: My family has lived in California for more than 150 years. They were first generation in Los Angeles. Anytime I’ve gone anywhere, people always call me “The Californian” because I don’t exactly blend in anywhere else. JM: Why should people listen to you? JG: That’s a very good question. [They should listen to us] if they like music and they want to hear something different. JM: How did you meet? JG: [By] playing in other bands all over Los Angeles. Jon (Price) and I played in a couple of other bands for a while, and he encouraged me to work on this project, which is kind of a personal thing. He brought our drummer Mike around and I just knew Jake, our bass player, as a friend. Darren we met out on the road. We were both playing in other bands at the time. JM: How are you enjoying your tour? This is your first, right?
JG: First tour as this band, yeah. This is the first time taking The Californian out of Los Angeles and it’s fucking awesome. JM: How did you hook up with She Wants Revenge? JG: We sent out our stuff to them and they listened to our CD and asked us to come out with them. JM: What’s your next step? JG: Well, we are following them around for a couple weeks. Then, when we get back to Los Angeles, we have a show … we are celebrating coming home. And, we just started a kickstarter.com campaign literally an hour before the show, so the next step is to get money. We are trying to record our first full-length album, so hopefully this thing with kickstarter will help. JM: Do you have anything else you want to add? JG: If you haven’t before, come to California. We will hang out with you.
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14 • SPORTS • MARCH 31, 2011 • THE METROPOLITAN
PORTS
“My ex-wife once said, ‘you love that saxophone more than you love me,’ and she was right i still have that saxophone.” —FRED HESS, METRO JAZZ THEORY AND COMPOSITION PROFESSOR • 10
Heartbreak in the Heartland Women’s basketball suffers last second defeat in Elite Eight By Mark Babish mbabish@mscd.edu In a span of 10 seconds, Metro womens basketball’s dream season turned into a nightmare March 22. The Runners had a four-point lead over the Shaw University Bears with a berth to the national semifinal game just seconds away. Shaw scored five points in the final seconds to shock Metro in the Elite Eight and advance 46-45 in St. Joseph, Mo. “It was a game that came down to whoever had the ball last. Shaw had the ball last, and they were able to convert,” Head Coach Tayna Haave said. The game started with a familiar feel to Metro fans as the Runners held Shaw without a point for the first seven minutes and seven seconds of the game. While Metro was clicking on defense, their offense was sputtering, shooting 2-of-11 with seven turnovers and scoring only four points. After the second media timeout, both teams started to find their scoring touch. Metro built up a nine-point lead with four minutes left in the first half after sophomore guard Emily Wood knocked down a 3-pointer. Metro would go into halftime up by seven points. Senior forward Cassondra Bratton was limited to three points but had seven rebounds and five assists in the first half alone. Shaw’s leading scorers, senior Demaria Liles and junior Kyria Buford each averaging 16 points a game, were held to a combined 0-of11 and zero points at halftime. “We really wanted to contain them,” Haave said. “It was to take away what they wanted to do with Liles and Buford.” As the second half started, the same problem that has been bothering this Metro team all season returned. The Runners scored five points in the 10 minutes of the second half, which allowed the Lady Bears to erase the deficit and take a 33-31 lead. The next minute was the Jasmine Cervantes show as the Metro junior point guard took over the game. She first drove past her defender, jumped up, split another two players and made a tough up-and-under shot. Then Cervantes got a steal and made another layup to put Metro up
two. After a missed shot by Metro, Cervantes stole the backcourt pass and made a pass that NFL quarterbacks would have appreciated to junior guard Candice Kohn as Metro went up 37-33. “I thought I could just be a spark, get momentum going and do whatever I could do to get the team back in it,” Cervantes said. Shaw would battle back as senior guard Janelle Harrison tied the game at 39 with just more than four minutes remaining. The Runners did not help themselves as they missed the first of all three 1-and-1 free throw opportunities. Buford scored her first points of the night to cut Metro’s lead to one with 2:25 left. Metro had back-toback offensive rebounds as the time drained to under a minute to go. Sophomore guard Brandi Valencia made two free throws, stretching the lead to three. The Lady Bears set up their offense deciding to go for two, but junior guard Brittany Ransom missed the layup and the rebound fell to Metro. Cervantes was fouled and made one of two shots, putting Metro up four points. On the ensuing possession, Bu-
“I knew the ball was coming because I was the furthest black jersey up court. I had to make the basket somehow.” SHAW SENIOR GUARD BRITTANY RANSOM ON HER GAME WINNING SHOT
ford shot a 3-pointer from the corner that hit off the backside of the rim, bounced straight up and dropped in, cutting the lead to one with nine seconds remaining. “I told [Brittney] Spencer that I was going to flare out and I was wide open. I didn’t think it was going to go in ’cause I was missing all game,” Buford said. After a two minute wait to make sure the game clock was right, Metro inbounded the ball and Valencia was fouled immediately. Valencia stepped to the line and missed both foul shots. Metro shot 7-of-17 from the free
throw line; the worst free throw percentage since the team shot 50 percent in the first game of the season. “You get into tournament basketball, and it is about hitting your free throws and that definitely hurt us tonight,” Haave said. Shaw got the rebound from the missed free throw and Spencer raced up court. She fired a pass to Ransom; Metro sophomore guard Kristen Valencia just barely missed tipping the pass away. Ransom spun and put up a layup off the glass that rolled around the rim one and a half times, dropping in right as the game clock expired. “I knew the ball was coming because I was the furthest black jersey up court,” Ransom said. “I had to make the basket somehow.” Metro’s season ended with a 30-3 record and finishing No. 5 in the final Women’s Basketball Coaches of America poll. The No. 5 ranking is the highest ever ranking for the women’s basketball team. The Runners advanced further than any Metro team in the NCAA Tournament while winning the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season title for the first time since 1998. Coach Haave knows that her first year was special but wants her second year to be even better. “I don’t think in my wildest dreams I imagined we would be here,” Haave said. “We want to use this as motivation to get back here.”
Metro vs. Shaw Box Score Bratton Drexler K. Valencia Wood Cervantes Benson Kohn B. Valencia
fgm-fga pts off-def tot 1-3 6 3-7 10 0-4 0 3-2 5 1-8 2 2-5 7 3-5 8 0-2 2 4-10 9 1-10 11 3-11 8 1-3 4 1-4 2 2-2 4 4-11 10 4-1 5
Summary fg fg% 1st half 11-28 39.3 2nd half 6-28 21.4 Score by period
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Shaw..................................... 19 Metro................................... 26
3fg 3-10 1-8
pf a 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
to min 2 36 1 16 3 28 2 22 6 33 0 26 1 9 4 30
3fg% ft ft% 30 1-1 100 12.5 6-16 37.5
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Total
27 19
46 45
Metro junior guard Alyssa Benson fights for one of her four rebounds March 22 against Shaw University. The Runners lost the game 46-45 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Photo by Andy Schlichting • aschlic1@mscd. edu
SIDELINE This Week
4.1
Baseball
3 p.m. vs Regis
Women’s Tennis
9 a.m. @ Western New Mexico 2 p.m vs Mesa State @ Western New Mexico
Men’s Tennis
9 a.m. @ Western New Mexico 2 p.m vs Mesa State @ Western New Mexico
4.2
Baseball
Noon vs Regis (doubleheader)
Softball
Noon vs UC-Colorado Springs (doubleheader)
4.3
Softball
11 a.m vs UC-Colorado Springs (doubleheader)
Baseball
12 p.m. vs Regis.
RMAC Awards Senior outfielder Zach Kruegar was awarded the Rawlings RMAC Player of the Week. He batted .529 with a .941 slugging percentage, going 9-for-17 with two doubles, a triple and a home run, along with nine runs batted in and six runs scored.
They said it: “We work hard on hitting every day. I wouldn’t be here without my team and my coaches.”
—METRO SENIOR SOFTBALL LEFT FIELDER JENNESSA TESONE ON BREAKING METRO’S CAREER HOME RUN RECORD •16
Baseball continues swinging hot bats
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Metro’s baseball team completed a four-game sweep against Colorado Christian University March 26 at All Star Park in Lakewood. They have won eight of their last 10 games and propelled their record to 13-7 overall and 10-6 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. “We’ve been preaching to them to play each inning, each pitch, each out and guys have been grinding it out staying in ball games,” Head Coach Tom Carcione said. Game one of the series was out of reach from the beginning, as CCU pitcher Ian Henry struggled with his control. He walked five batters in the top of the first and faced a total of 11 batters. Metro capitalized and scored five in the first and had a 7-0 lead after three innings. Senior starting pitcher Jake Draeger was consistent early on but struggled in the fourth and fifth innings. He gave up seven runs on the day and walked five batters, but he pitched well enough for the win and improved his record to 3-1 for the season. Senior outfielder Zach
Krueger continued his hot streak by contributing three hits and four RBIs on the day from the leadoff spot. Metro walked away with the victory 13-10. “[Krueger’s] had a couple big weekends so far this year for us,” Carcione said. The second game of the Friday doubleheader ended with another Metro win. Metro senior pitcher Bradshaw Perry performed brilliantly. He gave up only five hits and struck out six batters as he commanded the strike zone throughout the day. Perry threw his second career complete game to get the win and improved his record to 3-1 on the season. Offensively, freshman third baseman Ty Hancock showed he was ready to play and contributed three hits in three at bats. Krueger added two hits in four at bats in the 6-2 win against the Cougars. “I was seeing the ball well and able to put a couple of at bats together,” Krueger said. Game three proved to be the most dominating performance by Metro. They jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first, after Krueger and senior second baseman David Kaplan reached base and scored off a double by David Fox. Metro would add a run in the third and fourth innings to take a com-
manding 4-0 lead. CCU would cut the lead in half in the bottom of the fourth but Metro kept chipping away and secured the 6-3 win. Senior starting pitcher Corey Collins pitched his best game of the season and pushed his record to 3-2. He pitched six strong innings and allowed only three runs while striking out two batters. Game four was competitive early on as CCU, who was looking for their first win in conference play, took the lead and controlled much of the first four innings and took a 2-1 lead into the fifth. “It’s pretty difficult to make sure you keep your focus the whole game and not let them back in the game,” Krugar said. The offense warmed up for the Roadrunners and they pushed three runs across in the inning, using four two-out walks to manufacture three runs and take the lead for good. Metro would add three more in the sixth and opened up the gates with nine runs in the seventh to grab the win, 16-5, and the series sweep. Senior starting pitcher Zach Cleveland allowed two runs in five innings while improving his record Metro pitcher Corey Collins throws a fastball March 26, during to 3-1. the first game of a doubleheader against Colorado Christian Publication seSize Star Park in Lakewood. Run Date(s) Metro will play a four-game University at All Metro completed a ries at Auraria Field against Regis four game sweep over CCU on the second day of back to back METROPOLITAN 5” x 7” THURS 3.31 University, beginning April 1. doubleheaders, winning 6-3 and 16-5. Photo by Sean Mullins • smullin5@mscd.edu
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Softball on fire, now top spot in RMAC Metro’s Tesone sets home run record during spring break By Matt Hollinshead mhollin5@mscd.edu
Left fielder Jennessa Tesone takes a swing March 19 in a home game against Chadron State. The Roadrunners went on to win 4-3 with a walk off home run by Kasey Nichols. Photo by Ryan Borthick • rborthic@mscd.edu two, 10-8, and taking the final two games, 9-4 and 11-5, respectively. “It’s a good confidence-builder for the team,” said Head Coach Vanessa Becerra. “Obviously, we want to host [the conference tournament], but you never want to play behind. So, it’s a good feeling to be on top again.” During Metro’s recent trip to New Mexico Highlands, the Runners’ bats heated up from the start of the third inning in game one, as ju-
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2011 outdoor track season underway By Matt Hollinshead mhollin5@mscd.edu The Metro track and field team started their highly anticipated outdoor journey in the foothills of Boulder March 19, followed by a trip to Pueblo March 26. The men finished the indoor season seventh place overall in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Indoor championships in Kearney, Neb. Feb 26-27. Three Metro runners finished in the top eight at the NCAA indoor championships in Albuquerque, N.M. Senior middle distance runner Shawn Lindbom led Metro with a second-place finish in the 800 meter run. Lindbom, along with senior distance runners Brandon Johnson and Carl Arnold III, led the Roadrunners to finish 22nd overall in the big dance. Considering the final outcome of the indoor season, second-year Head Coach John Supsic said he believed it was a momentum-builder going into the next phase of the season. “It got everyone excited about [the] outdoor [season],” he said. As for the women, who finished 10th in the RMAC Indoor championships, sophomore distance runner Julia Hernandez and junior sprints/middle distance runner Carissa Sinda broke school records for the 800 meter run. “The goal is to qualify our first woman for
nationals,” Supsic said. At the Colorado State University at Pueblo Open, with Lindbom and Arnold redshirted for the outdoor season, junior distance runner Eiger Erickson finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at nine minutes, 36.88 seconds, while Johnson finished fourth in the 1,500 meter run at 4:00.01. “There’s not really any additional pressure on other athletes because those two are redshirting,” Suspic said. “If anything, I think it’s a relief for some of them.” Meanwhile, Sinda led the women by breaking the 1,500 meter record at 4:53.67, almost four seconds faster than the previous record. Junior distance runner Xenia Flores, who missed this past indoor season due to an injury, finished 11th in the 1,500-meter run at 5:05.41, while freshman distance runner Vickey VanAlstine-Tauer finished 12th at 5:05.65. “She (Flores) is recovering, [but] getting ready to run the 5k in the middle of April,” Supsic said. Hernandez also had a productive morning, finishing third in the 5,000-meter run at 18:52.48. Expectations are now running high for the outdoor segment this season. “My expectation going forward is that we continue to improve throughout the season,” Supsic said. Metro will return to Boulder for the CU Invitational April 9.
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