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Surviving a house of horror

Abuse victim finds the courage to share his painful story Nathalia Velez nvelez@mscd.edu Twins Will and Kristen Stillman survived 10 years of emotional and physical abuse at the hands of a Denver family. Will, now 23, fought through nerves and doubts to come to share his story.

Will sat silently, looking a little nervous, minutes before starting his speech on Sept.

20 in the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge. He was talking for a small crowd of 42, but Stillman’s story about torture and sexual abuse was no easy subject.

“The whole way here I was like ‘screw this, I’m not doing it, I’m not going,’” Stillman said.

Deidra Garcia, a member of the Metro State Foundation Board of Directors, introduced Stillman. She befriended the Stillman twins after becoming interested in their story, and took part in making the event happen.

Will’s nervousness seemed to dissolve when he stood behind the podium, and his personality quickly endeared the crowd to him.

“Everyone smiling makes me want to smile,” he said.

Will began the speech by addressing how he usually feels worried about people judging him because of his past.

“These things are hurtful and I don’t expect anyone to understand the type of fear that paralyzes you from action,” Will said.

Not long after beginning his speech, the rare happy memories of their early childhood brought Will to tears. He took a moment to compose himself, with the audience giving words of support.

Will and Kristen had a broken childhood, living in cars and under bridges and stealing food from grocery stores because their mother did not take care of them.

“She didn’t feed us, bathe us or do anything mothers usually do. She never hugged us, said ‘good job’\,” Will said.

The story that followed was shocking and heartbreaking. When the twins were 8 years old their mother, Karen, took them to the home of Eric and Linda Torrez saying she would come to get them in a couple days when she found housing.

“My sister and I had no idea who either of these people were when we were dropped [off] to spend what would be the next 10 years of our lives as tortured captives,” Will said.

In this house of horrors, where 12 people lived, Will and Kristen were abused constantly.

“Nothing that happened to us before we were taken to the Torrezes would prepare us for what life was going to be,” Will said.

Making it clear that Will and Kristen were a burden to him, Eric put them

Will Stillman, who survived years of trauma and abuse, stands in front of the Tivoli Student Union after leading a discussion with students and faculty about his personal story. Photo by Brian McGinn • bmcginn3@mscd.edu through horrible punishments and abuse.

Starvation, sleep deprivation and forced exercises were part of Will’s daily life. Eric would suffocate him by putting a plastic bag over his head, hold his head in a bucket of water, and hit his hands with the handle of a hammer, among countless other senseless punishments.

“I was never allowed to react to pain,” Will said. “No screaming, no crying, absolutely no emotion.”

Whenever teachers, social workers or neighbors had suspicions about what was happening at the Torrez house, Eric would easily convince them that everything was all right.

As Will and Kristen got older, they were both sexually abused. Kristen was constantly raped, bearing four of Eric’s children.

She was forced to marry Eric’s oldest son, Patrick Torrez, to avoid questions.

When Will was 19, he became less afraid and tolerant of Eric’s abuse and finally left.

Kristen and her children were unable to leave, so Eric would take out his rage on them.

“I knew I could never be happy as long as my sister was still a prisoner in that house,” Will said.

After meeting his girlfriend, Will went with her to Kansas and stayed at a pastor’s house. While they were there, he received emails from Kristen saying Eric was now sexually abusing her oldest daughter. That was the last straw.

Will and his girlfriend devised a plan.

They bought a used jeep and went back to the Torrez house. They stuffed some of the children’s belongings underneath the seats and told Eric they were going to take them and Kristen on a drive around the block.

As soon as they were in the car, they fled to Kansas for help.

“We felt relieved and safe for the first time in 10 years,” Will said.

The police heard Will and Kristen’s story and finally went to the Torrezes’ house with a warrant for their arrest. Linda and Patrick got 25 years of probation, and Eric got prison time.

“Going to the sentencing was difficult, but it made it worth my time when I heard Eric was getting 300 years,” Will said.

The audience had an emotional reaction to Will’s speech.

“To think how many people sort of were in touch with them and had suspicions but never did anything really appalls me,” said Andrea Nieto, a Metro junior who attended the event.

Will agrees that social workers and other authorities were not helpful when he and Kristen most needed it.

“I don’t feel like they really do their job, I don’t feel like they even try to do their job,” Will said.

Leticia Tanguma and Susan Medina, who were also at the event, used to work in different branches of Denver Human Services’ Child Protection department. They are both back in school and have some insight on how cases like these get overlooked.

“The system does not believe the children, they’re not hearing their voices,” Tanguma said.

Tanguma worked in DHS’s Family Crisis Center and used to talk at schools about sexual abuse. She remembers many cases being disregarded due to teachers and social workers who would give more importance to the parents’ versions.

Medina said two reasons why so many children’s cases go unsolved are the massive amount of cases that go through the system and the fear many children have about talking about what is happening to them.

Medina said she would like to see teachers receive more education about how to help abused children.

“There has to be something more we can do for them,” Medina said.

Will was glad to have the opportunity to create awareness, in hopes that it will help other children in similar situations.

“I want to bring awareness, even if the only way I can do that is, you know, going in front of people doing something that’s uncomfortable,” Will said.

The event was put together by the three Auraria schools, which shared the $500 expense, according to Matt Brinton, Interim Assistant Director of Student Activities at Metro.

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A festive welcome for Autumn Heather Carnes hcarnes@mscd.edu The annual Fall Fest took hold of the campus on Sept. 14 and 15, transforming the walkways into opportunities for college clubs and local business to snag the attention of passers by.

There are two parts to Fall Fest—to get people engaged on campus and to make it fun, according to Matthew Brinton, interim assistant director of Student Activities.

“So that’s why we bring in musicians, we have food trucks, we have arts and crafts vendors,” Brinton said. “It’s really designed around the idea of bringing the Auraria campus together.”

For many newer clubs, this event is the perfect opportunity to get their names out there.

“We started [the Metro football team] last year, started the process October 2010,” Ted Reynolds, sophomore and president of the club, said. “[The team’s] been growing every semester that we’ve had it together. It’s more and more people continuing interest, getting the word out there. More people know about us and [we are] just hoping to continue that trend,” he added.

At the Metro football team’s first meeting this past spring, there were over 150 people who attended.

“On the current team we have about 60 guys and [are] continuing to add,” Reynolds said. “[Our season is] going to be April

Mike Levine of Mike’s Kitchen talks to a customer during the annual Fall Festival Sept. 14 and 15 on the Auraria Campus. Photo by Brian McGinn • bmcginn3@mscd.edu through July.”

As with any sort of event, location plays a strong role.

“We have kind of a primo spot right here, everybody’s walking by so at least we’re getting our name out there,” Reynolds said of his booth’s location in front of the PE building.

Being given an opportunity to become familiar with Metro clubs is a great way for incoming students to find out ways in which they can connect with their campus, as well as the surrounding Denver area.

“We had 18 food vendors on campus

this year,” Brinton said. “There is a need and a desire on this campus for more food options and I think we proved that with what we did with the food trucks. With the way that the food truck craze is taking off in Denver, it’s a very natural and easy kind of connection for us.”

Mike Carlin, co-owner with Mike Levine of the mikes2kitchen food truck, drove their restaurant onto the campus Sept. 14.

“Today, I think it did a lot of good. We were really busy and we talked to a lot of people,” said Carlin. “We sold out of a lot of

things.”

The usual food vendors on campus were worried about the additional competition Fall Fest would bring.

“There was some concern from our stalwart food vendors that they were going to lose business,” Brinton said. “Every vendor had a line all the time. We had vendors selling out of food. They came back with sometimes double, or even triple the amount they had on Wednesday, and Thursday they sold out again.”

Although this tri-institutional event was organized by those connected with the Student Activities office and the Auraria Higher Education Center, Brinton strongly believes that feedback from Auraria students and faculty is the reason behind this year’s success.

“Email me directly, call me directly,” Brinton said. “If anyone has feedback on the events that we’re doing, or they have ideas for speakers, or they have ideas for events that could be fun on campus we’re always listening for ideas. We can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to do everything, but we like to hear ideas — we like to hear what students want.”

The wide variety of vendor tables and food trucks made the two-day event an overall success for the diversity of the campus. It was a great way of welcoming returning students and bringing in the new.

Contact Brinton at 303-556-6493 or mbrinton@mscd.edu.

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A rocky journey to education Monk helps his people escape illiteracy and isolation The audience gasps as a rockslide tumbles toward a group of small children trying to navigate a narrow mountain pass in the middle of the Himalayas. As the rocks fall, their guide, Lobsang Yonten, yells at them to run across the narrow stretch of path before the rocks hit. As the rocks crash down, the children make it safely across to the other side.

After giving each child a piece of candy to help calm them down, Yonten pushes the group of children, parents and monks forward.

Their reason for making the dangerous journey from Zanskar to Manali, India, braving temperatures below freezing while crossing a 17,000-foot-high mountain pass during winter on foot and horseback? These children want to go to school.

The story of Yonten and the 14 children, ages 4-12 years old, he leads out of the mountains and toward an education is told in the new film, Journey from Zanskar: A Monk’s Vow to Children. The film was shown Sept. 19 in the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge and featured a lecture from Yonten about the plight of the Zanskar people, “Education is the most important tool,” said Yonten, a Geshe Buddhist monk who is

Geshe Buddhist monk, Lobsang Yonten, in the multicultural lounge after giving a presentation on the documentary film, “Journey from Zanksar: A Monk’s Vow to Children”, Sept. 19. Photo by Mike Fabricius • mfabrici@mscd.edu

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Yonten has made it his mission to help bring education to the Zanskar region, which according to recent statistics from the U.N. has a literacy rate of 50 percent.

The region suffers from an infant mortality rate as high as one in two babies dying in childbirth in some villages, according to the Australian Himalayan Foundation, a nonprofit whose focus is on promoting education and health initiatives in the Himalayan mountains.

To provide their children with a complete Tibetan education, the parents in the film send their children to Buddhist monasteries and schools in Manali, India.

While this provides the children with a chance to be taught in their native language, the journey also means that the children will grow up away from their parents.

Yonten, who left for a monastary when he was only 10 years old, did not return home to visit for a decade.

“I think they know they are trying to make their children better,” said Eryn O’Connor, a non-degree seeking pre-med DENVER student at Metro who attended the movie and lecture. “And even though it is hard to say goodbye to their child, I think that is what all parents want.”

Yet for Yonten, education is not just

about what is learned from a book. His belief is that education must provide both external education, such as reading and writing, along with internal education, which teaches things like “compassion, love, kindness, tolerance, contentment.”

Yonten said that the schools in Zanskar lack the important component of internal education, something he said is important to the Tibetan culture.

“I think one of the things that I have seen in a few different places is how much people will work for an education and what they’ll give for an education and the sacrifice,” said Laura Roth, Metro’s Interim Assistant Dean of Student Life. Roth met Yonten while living in India last year and was inspired to bring him to Auraria in order to talk about his mission of education.

The film ends with the group arriving in Manali by bus after having to give up on passing over the mountain due to heavy snow. Red-eyed and exhausted, Yonten and his fellow monks are jubilant at the chance they have given the children of Zanskar.

“The difficulty is one time. Education is a lifetime,” Yonten said during the film.

Five years after the movie was made, all 14 children are still in school or in a monastery, yet none of them have made the journey back home to see their family.

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September 22, 2011

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InSight

Rockies’ summer of discontent ends not with bang, but a whimper …the selection of a favored baseball team is not a matter of choice; one does not choose a team as one does not select his own genes.

They are confirmed upon you, more than we know an act of heredity.

— David Halberstam, “The Fan Divided” The Colorado Rockies were not my birthright – that was the Brooklyn Dodgers – and didn’t even exist until I’d lived in Denver for 19 years. If the Dodgers were the team of my youth, the New York Mets only partly fi lled the void after the Dodgers departed for Los Angeles when I was in high school. In my fan progression from youth to middle age to post-maturity, the Rockies are newcomers.

It’s now late September. Do you know where your Rockies are?

They’re definitely not in the playoff race.

Instead, the Rockies command next-to-last place in their division, over 18 games out of first place and 14 games under .500. The non-factor Rockies are also buried in the sports section back pages while football dominates.

After a disastrously disappointing season for a team that entered 2011 with World Series hopes and boasted the best won-lost record in all of baseball back in April, September and not April – with apologies to T.S. Eliot – could be the cruelest month for any fans still watching.

This season’s disappointments resulted from key injuries, pitching failures and a recurring inability to drive in men on base.

The entire lineup – not just the big guys of Troy Tulowitzski and Carlos Gonzalez – fell short too many times. In mid-summer, Rockies’ general manager Dan O’Dowd upbraided the team and apologized to fans.

But Dealin’ Dan would do better to stop making stupid trades that give away quality players and get dross in return.

Last June, O’Dowd traded Ubaldo Jimenez – struggling in 2011, but still the Rockies’ best pitcher ever – to Cleveland for four prospects. Most fans couldn’t name even one of them.

But disappointment is what fans – passionate ones who care – live with. Ask fans of the Chicago Cubs, who haven’t won a World Series in 104 seasons, or fans of the pre-2004 Red Sox, who hadn’t won the prize in 86 years. When the Red Sox finally won, Boston-area partisans placed red ball balloons by the gravestones of fans who hadn’t lived long enough to savor the triumph.

The Rockies’ season had been effectively over for weeks when my son and I made a late-season visit to Coors Field on Sept.

15, for a meaningless game against the San Francisco Giants. It was a dank, chilly night that seemed more like damp evenings when the Giants played in Candlestick Park and its San Francisco Bay fogs. Under rainthreatening skies, Coors Field somehow seemed old, as though it had been around for ages and not simply since 1995. On another dank and drizzly September night at Coors in 1996, my son and I had seen a no-hitter pitched by the Dodgers’ Hideo Nomo against the Rockies. No Dodger has

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J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com thrown one since and now-gone Jimenez last year pitched the only no-hitter in the Rockies’ 18-season history.

There was no superb pitching last week, in a game where both teams combined for 13 runs and 22 hits. Four of those hits were

by Giants’ third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who “hit for the cycle” with a single, double, triple and home run (not in that order). The difficult “cycle” is one of baseball’s rarest gems and can occur less often in a single season than no-hit games. In a baseball life going back to the Dodgers’ Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, I’ve seen three no-hitters in person and three hit-for-cycle games, the last coming last week.

The Rockies lost that night and continued to lose. There’ll be no “Rocktober” this year. But we can always, as was said of the Dodgers of my youth, “wait ‘til next year.”

For baseball fans’ dark winters of the soul, hope always springs eternal.

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NCAA athletes shortchanged Universities exploitation of athletes part of a bigger problem Ramsey Scott rscott42@mscd.edu

“Student-athletes are students first and athletes second. They are not university employees who are paid for their labor,” from the National Collegiate Athletic Association website.

Does the NCAA really expect us to buy the idea that college football players are still student athletes?

NCAA football is one of the largest moneymakers in the United States today.

Millions of dollars is earned off the backs of ‘student athletes,’ who are restricted from earning any money, including endorsements, from their performance on the field.

The NCAA hides behind the argument that most of its member’s sports programs lose money and that the average money received by athletes, in the form of scholarships and living expenses, during their

tenure is close to $100,000. $100,000 is a lot of money, and the average athlete is in college for four years.

Which means that the average financial benefit of college football players is roughly $25,000 a year. Lets take a quick look at some other yearly wages gained from NCAA football. $6 million. That is how much the NCAA paid in total to its top 14 executives in 2010. $155 million. That is how much ESPN will pay the Atlantic Coast Conference a year for the next 12 years for the rights to broadcast the conferences sporting events. $250 million. That is how much the Southeastern Conference will be paid a year for the next 12 years by CBS and ESPN in total to broadcast their conferences’ sporting events. $93 million. That is the total estimated

amount that Bowl Championship Series games will pay out to the participants this year. $2.2 billion. That is how much total revue NCAA Division I football created in the 2009-2010 school year.

To put that last number into perspective, the nominal gross domestic product for Italy last year was $2.05 billion.

With this much money on the line, is it any surprise that we are constantly hearing about the lengths that college programs will go to ensure they have the best players? We like to make examples of The Ohio State University and the University of Miami when they get caught breaking the rules. We like to blame the athletes for taking money and improper benefits from schools and boosters.

Yet can we really point the finger at programs and athletes that break the rules

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when the NCAA system is setup so poorly?

The NCAA says that student athletes are not “employees who are paid for their labor.” So, can we really blame the athletes for taking money for their labor? And can we really blame schools for trying to find ways to pay their labor?

NCAA, wake up. If you don’t adjust your rules and figure out how to better compensate your athletes, then you will never break the circle of corruption that is so prevalent in college sports today.

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September 22, 2011

TheMetropolitan

MetroSpective

Tackling gay discrimination

Local man starts self-defense class to inspire confidence Bailey Geoghan bgeoghan@mscd.edu Photos by Sean Mullins smullin5@mscd.edu Violence directed toward gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, queer and intersex persons is a topic that brings sadness and disgust to the hearts of many people, regardless of their sexual orientation.

Denver resident Joseph “Obi” Oberdier is especially passionate about this topic, which was his inspiration for creating a free self-defense class, which he teaches at Cheesman Park every Saturday at noon.

“The first priority of this class is functional self-defense for the Metro-area queer community so that [they] know how to defend [themselves],” Oberdier said. “The second priority is to help raise money for different queer-related charities.”

Before last Saturday’s class, Oberdier gave a personal lesson to Robert Abelardo, the first student that he has trained from white belt to black belt in karate. As noon drew closer, nine more students arrived.

Before the lesson began, Oberdier gave a disclaimer that the class would not contain any “kill moves” and that it was aimed at self-defense and enabling them to escape an attacker.

During the first half of class, Oberdier taught the students three different chokedefense moves, which they practiced on each other. The second half of class contained a lesson about how to break free if an attacker has them pinned to the ground.

Finally, the students practiced 90-second grappling sessions, with different partners each time, to become used to different techniques and sizes of attackers.

However, Oberdier warned the students of a 100-pushup penalty if they were to hit another student too hard.

Oberdier said that during the last two weeks since starting this class, it has seen gay males, straight males, an HIV positive male and a drag queen in attendance.

“Now we just need lesbians,” he said.

Each student seemed to be having fun and socializing with their fellow students.

“I think it’s really important for everybody to know how to defend themselves or at least protect themselves, even if it’s just basic,” Metro student Laslo Pires said.

Oberdier used to teach students at various martial arts studios, but now he only gives two of his advanced students extended lessons in another location, in addition to the classes at Cheesman Park.

“I started martial arts because I was getting beat up for being gay,” he said. “It’s obviously something that I’ve cared about for a very long time.”

Oberdier understands the need not only for self-defense in the GLBTQI community, but also self-confidence.

“I ran into some homophobes coming home from a night out last spring and while my friends were fine afterwards, I was trembling like a leaf in the wind,” UCD student and Vice-President of the Auraria Genders and Sexualities Alliance, Kevin Anderson said.

“Since I started taking Obi’s class, I have been able to feel better about being unafraid to be flamboyant and obviously gay. I feel empowered, like I am no longer someone who has to be afraid of someone wanting to attack me simply for who I am.”

Although classes are free, Obi accepts donations for various GLBTQI charities.

He is currently accepting donations for the Dane Hall Fund. The story of Hall, a gay

TOP: Metro Alumni Scott McGlothlen, top, strikes Sean Kuprevich, during a functional self-defense class for the Metro-area queer community at Cheesman Park Sept. 17.

BOTTOM: “Obi” Oberdier stretches during his self-defense class for the Metro-area queer community at Cheesman Park Sept. 17.

FROM LEFT: Jason Brandt and Aedan Drewis practice a choke move during the self-defense class for the Metro-area queer community at Cheesman Park Sept. 17.

male who survived an attack by four men who curb-stomped him after he left a gay club, touched Obi’s heart.

In the future, he will be raising funds for Cyndi Lauper’s GLBT homeless youth shelter in Harlem, New York, and next summer’s AIDS walk.

“Obi’s class is very important for the entire [GLBTQI] community because it is teaching empowerment and self worth,” Anderson said. “If you feel you have the ability to stand up to those who would bash you simply for who you are, you will feel much better about yourself.”

Obi encourages students and anyone

interested in his class to get in touch with him at (303) 668-9806. He hopes to have 20 or more people in attendance for the class on a weekly basis.

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MetroSpective

September 22, 2011

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London semester abroad offers fun, learning during spring Steve Musal smusal@mscd.edu If combining 12 credits toward your major and an opportunity to see London sounds like a great way to spend a semester, the Office of International Studies has good news: the Metro London Semester study abroad program is preparing for a trip across the pond this Spring.

“If you can, definitely go,” said Joshua Tangye, a Metro senior who took part in the program last spring. “It was a good time.

I’m probably going back there for grad school.”

Jennifer Provizer, the study abroad advisor, agreed.

“It’s an amazing experience that actually works toward your degree rather than hindering you, which is often something students worry about with study abroad programs,” Provizer said. “Study abroad is an investment that will help you not just as a student but also when you’re applying for jobs.”

Students in the program will complete 12 Metro State credit hours — non-transferable credits — during the trip, which will run from Jan. 18 to April 13, 2012. An optional pre-program tour, heading through Paris, Brussels and Bruges, is also available.

Housing for the program comes in two options: student apartments, and the less expensive homestay option. Dan Paulmeno, a Metro junior who went with Tangye on the 2011 trip, picked the homestay route.

“I loved the family I stayed with, but it was a very different experience,” Paulmeno said. “It’s kind of that ‘stranger in a strange land’ feeling. You’re still speaking English, but you’re with people who are very Londoner, very English, so you’re out of your element.”

Tangye, on the other hand, tried the

“Eating is expensive, hands down,” he cautioned. “Be prepared for that. I didn’t get the food vouchers, though, and those kids were better off for food.” Paulmeno agreed food costs were a culture shock, but said with a careful budget, it was very doable.

“My parents were actually concerned I didn’t spend enough,” he said.

Paulmeno suggests you make the time to travel during your stay.

“I definitely had a lot of time to see things, even with school,” Paulmeno said.

“Once you get there, it’s a lot easier to travel around Europe. I’d recommend it to people interested in London and Britain as a whole, especially people intimidated by learning another language.”

GETTING TO LONDON Metro Junior Dan Paulmeno takes in the view of Tower Bridge in London during the spring 2011 Metro London Semester. Students will return to London for the program this spring. Photo courtesy of Dan Paulmeno. student apartments.

“I had family in London, so I kind of knew where I wanted to stay,” Tangye said.

“I don’t regret living three zones from school, in Kensington. The people were excellent, and I saw Hugh Grant at a coffee shop, so there you are.”

Despite their different choices in housing, both Tangye and Paulmeno agreed that the academic portion of the program would have benefitted from having a Metro professor there. Provizer and the Office of International Studies agreed with them.

“This year, Dr. Rebecca Ferrell from Metro is teaching at the program,” Provizer said.

Provizer, Tangye and Paulmeno all agreed that in-depth academic advising on

the program is important when signing up for classes, both from major advisors as well as the Office of International Studies.

“It’s very important to get information about the classes before you get there,” Paulmeno said.

Another thing to get information about before heading out is the cost.

“Don’t discount study abroad because you think you can’t afford it,” Provizer said.

“Yes, it’s expensive, but you can use your financial aid, and more often than not you’ll be able to increase the aid based on the cost of where you’re going. There are also a few scholarships available through Metro.”

Tangye advised students to worry more about spending cash than the cost of the program.

Who can go?

- All Metro students in good standing who will have completed 12 credits at Metro by the program start.

What dates are important?

- October 1: Speak to Jennifer Provizer in Central Classroom 206 for advising.

- October 15: Complete paperwork.

- November 4: Deposit and application fees due.

How much does it cost?

- Semester (Homestay): about $10,000.

- Semester (Apartment): about $12,000.

- Optional European tour: $995 - Optional Scotland tour: $545

Where do I get more information?

- Central Classroom 206, the Office of International Studies.

Muggles make magic game

‘Harry Potter’s’ Quidditch takes flight in campus-wide club Heather Carnes hcarnes@mscd.edu The world’s most magical sport, the sport of warlocks, has come to life on the grounds of Auraria—Quidditch.

“I technically started it a few years ago, but this is the first year that we’ve really been active,” Kelsey Brown, the captian of the Auraria Quidditch Club said.

The club is registered with UCD, but all students registered with Auraria have access to it.

“Right now, I think we have 45 [members],” Brown said. “Our first game is going to be on Oct. 14 at 2:30 [p.m.] in 9th Street Park on campus. Everybody can come play—it’s open to all students.”

Brown plans on having Quidditch matches every, or every other, Friday until

the weather gets too cold. But Quidditch isn’t the only thing she hopes to do with this club.

“There’s a National Quidditch Tournament and I think the International one is coming up,” Brown said. “I heard it’s being broadcast, so if it is I’m going to try and put together an event to watch it.”

According to the International Quidditch Association, the 5th annual World Cup will be played Nov. 12-13 in New York City.

“This year’s tournament in November was booked ages ago,” said Sven Ceelen, a Metro student and member of an off-campus Quidditch team. “There will be 2,000 players from across the world as well as spectators who will converge at NYC.” Ceelen has chosen to build a team outside of Auraria mainly to reduce member restrictions.

“I was a member of the Auraria Ultimate [Frisbee] team who paid dues and went to practices,” Ceelen said. “But when it came time to participate in tournaments I was not able to because I didn’t qualify, as I wasn’t taking enough credits at Metro.

“Also our [Quidditch] team was not able to secure any field space at Metro to play, I guess because other ‘legitimate’ sports had first priority. The last thing that was an issue for me was who could join. I really wanted to play Quidditch with my friends who were not students at Metro, but this would not really be possible if we were a school team.”

Ceelen’s team meets every Sunday at 4 p.m. at City Park near the Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue round-about.

“Anyone who wants to come is welcome any Sunday,” Ceelen said. “We are scheduled to play UNC-Greeley on the 15 or 16

[of Oct.]. So you might check in before you come.

“Right now the International Quidditch Association is on its fift h rule book. It is very comprehensive and expected to change as the game evolves.”

Auraria’s official Quidditch logo depicts a flying “snitch” from the popular British fantasy novels flying around Tivoli.

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Sounding Off

Arch Enemy’s tour of Khaos “From the ashes of a corrupt and dying world, they rise like a phoenix, a godless entity. They are the Khaos Legions.” Those are the captivating, opening lyrics from Arch Enemy’s latest album, Khaos Legions, released June 7. Since then, the Swedish melodic death metal quintet has been touring North America to promote this recent release.

The band’s lead guitarist, Michael Amott, spoke to The Metropolitan about how they got started, the inspiration behind Khaos Legions’ sound, the band’s “North American Khaos 2011” tour, as well as their upcoming show at the Gothic Theater Oct. 1.

Interview by Matt Hollinshead • mhollin5@mscd.edu MH: How has your North American tour gone so far?

MA: It’s getting a little fun. Shows have been cool. We’ve got some great bands with us, and it’s just a good vibe. The fans are coming out and enjoying the shows. So yeah, it’s going really well. We couldn’t have wished for better.

MH: How did Arch Enemy get started as a band?

MA: Well, that’s going back a while [laughs]. I’ve been in a few bands previously.

In ’95, I put together a new band. I’d been away from extreme metal for a couple years, and I was getting the itch again and I was writing lyrics in that style. I just wanted to do something with that, [and I] got a few guys together. We made the [first] album pretty quickly. We had all the songs ready, and we rehearsed them. It was kind of a project in the beginning, I guess. I didn’t expect it to become something with this kind of longevity. I didn’t look that far into the future.

MH: Who influences Arch Enemy’s sound?

MA: Some musical influences could be,

of course, what people expect, [including] bands like Slayer [and other] more extreme metal of the ’80s and early ’90s. Also, what I wanted to do [with Arch Enemy] was add more melodic elements, a lot of guitar harmonies and melodies. I wanted really fast drumming, with more melodic parts, especially the guitars.

MH: Which of your past albums were you guys most satisfied with and why?

MA: One standout album to me is Wages of Sin. It’s almost 10 years old now. It’s the first album we’ve cut with [lead vocalist] Angela [Gossow]. Every song is very good in that one. We still play a lot of those songs live. It’s just got a unique sound and unique atmosphere. I still enjoy listening to that record. I like songs of all the albums we’ve done, but that one stands out.

MH: Last winter, you guys recorded Khaos Legions. How did that whole process go?

MA: We didn’t cut a new album for almost four years. You think about the previous album, Rise of the Tyrant, in 2007, and we didn’t go into the studio until Dec. 2010.

There [were] a lot of ideas floating around. It

FROM LEFT: Michael Amott, Daniel Erlandsson, Angela Gossow, Chris-

was just a topher Amott, Sharlee D’Angelo are Arch Enemy. Photo courtesy of Arch lot of fun. Enemy.

We were America, as opposed to the rest of the world? aching to get back into that creative phase.

MA: Well, when you’ve toured Europe, for We hadn’t [been there] for a while. It was instance, it’s a different language. You’re in exciting in that sense.

France, you’re in Belgium, you’re in Italy.

MH: How does Khaos Legions compare to [America] speaks the same language, kind Arch Enemy’s previous albums? of. It’s a sameness, [and it has] continuity to MA: I think Khaos Legions got elements it. They’re more similarities than differences of what you’d expect from Arch Enemy. between the fans worldwide. This kind of It’s Angela’s voice, our guitar playing, the music is universal. drumming. I think there’s probably a little MH: What have been your favorite North bit more diversity on this album. To me, it American cities to perform in so far? [has] a wider spectrum.

MA: Denver for sure [laughs]. We’ve got MH: The Khaos Legions album cover looks quite a few favorites. We’ve had great shows awesome. What’s the meaning behind the all over the place in the United States and cover?

Canada, so it’s hard to pick a favorite. We’ve MA: We just wanted something striking. had great shows everywhere.

We just wanted something different to what we’ve done before. We’ve not really gone there before. We wanted a classic feel. We reached into almost, sort of, [an] ’80s metal [style like] Judas Priest, Iron Maiden. I think it just symbolizes the band. It’s pretty 6:30 p.m., Oct. 1 @ “metal.”

Gothic Theater, $25 MH: What’s different about touring in North

Arch Enemy

Mile high and rising

One Shot One Kill’s musical, metal-loving family Nikki Work • nwork@mscd.edu It doesn’t take more than five minutes of talking with the local metal band, One Shot One Kill, to see that they love making music together.

The band started out with siblings Joey and Katie Cushman in 2009.

“Joey got a guitar and I got jealous. He got mad that I got better at [guitar] than he was, so he got drums. Then we were like, ‘Cool, we might as well play together,’” said Katie.

Jason Lucero, a long time friend of Joey, became the band’s bassist and, in April 2011, One Shot One Kill finalized their current lineup with vocalist Keith Harrison. Since then, the quartet has played three shows this September and is bringing their unique sound to the Gothic Theater Friday, Sept. 23.

The band describes themselves as death metal, but has other influences ranging from thrash and funk. And bands like Lamb of God, The Black Dahlia Murder and Slayer inspire the band’s heavy sound.

As far as having a sibling in the band, both Joey and Katie agree that it’s far from easy but rewarding. They view the entire band as a family.

“I think [playing with Joey] has its ups and downs. It’s cool because I live with him. Writing music does get difficult, because we’ll just yell at each other,” said Katie. “We’ve known Jason since the day we moved here, so he’s like another brother to me. We all work like a family, not like a business.”

The band’s next goal is to get into the studio and do some recording to replace their self-described “rough” demo. For now, they’re just playing live shows and expanding their fan base.

“We’re trying to get better.” Joey said.

“And if getting better incorporates having a record deal, having tours, going to a different country and having a tour there, then so be it. That’s what we love doing, playing music and showing people our music.”

FROM LEFT: Joey Cushman, Keith Harrison, Katie Cushman and Jason Lucero are One Shot One Kill. Photo courtesy of One Shot One Kill

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Opeth • Heritage Matt Hollinshead • mhollin5@mscd.edu On Sept. 20, Opeth released the unusually mellow album, Heritage.

If you’re not a particularly big metal fan and in the mood for something that doesn’t make your head throb, each track on Heritage is ideal. But if you’re a die-hard metal fan, this album is atypical.

Don’t get me wrong, this album has good compositions and very good vocals, but it’s so not Opeth. For those who are familiar with the band, this album is different because it doesn’t convey Opeth’s darker tone.

The guitar and keyboard work is satisfying but lacks intensity. In addition, lead vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt’s captivating growls are non-existent. His melodic voice is great, but there’s no growling or screaming in Heritage. If this album were similar to past albums, such as Blackwater Park, I’d be drooling over it.

As a whole, it’s a soothing album, but it’s not what true Opeth fans are used to. Therefore, how can you compare it to some of their past content? You can’t.

ACIDIC • Chronic Satisfaction Nikki Work • nwork@mscd.edu

The godfather of funk, George Clinton, showed some soul during his show on Friday, Sept. 16 at City Hall Amphitheater in Denver.

Photo by Thomas Stipe • bstipe@mscd.edu

Los Angeles rock band, ACIDIC, has everything an emerging band should have – unique vocals, edgy guitar licks, bass that you can feel and driving drums.

With all of the members being 21 years old or younger, the band has a mature sound for their age, and their touring history is impressing, having already played with high-profi le bands like Hawthorne Heights and Alien Ant Farm.

The quartet formed in 2008 and released its first album, Ironic Dreams, in 2009 and its second, Getting Lucky in 2010. The new album, Chronic Satisfaction, dropped Sept. 13.

Chronic Satisfaction features nine songs and some trippy album artwork. It starts off with the single “Uninspired,” a carefree rock anthem with a bass line that makes you want to move. But no track stands out as much as the guitar-heavy “Black Box,” which displays the band’s edgy, classic-rock-infused style.

The album closes with “Ironic Dreams,” a re-release of the title track off their first album. It brings Chronic Satisfaction to a strong close and makes it a definite must-listen.

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The wins just keep on coming

Women’s soccer ranked 6th in country; start season 6-0 Paul Meyer pmeyer8@mscd.edu The start of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play turned into a physical weekend for the Metro women’s soccer team.

They hosted Adams State College Sept.

16, defeating the Grizzlies 5-1. The Runners also took on New Mexico Highlands University Sept. 18, defeating the Cowgirls 1-0. Metro is 6-0 overall and 2-0 to start the conference. “(I’m) pleased. (We) got the two RMAC conference wins. It’s a good start for us. It’s a long road ahead of us. Highlands is a good team and (I’m) pleased with the result,” head coach Adrianne Alamaraz said.

Metro vs. Adams State Metro started the weekend, as well as RMAC play, against Adams State. It got physical early. There was a lot of pushing and shoving from both teams.

“It was very physical. We knew coming into it, they were going to come out and be physical and big,” Almaraz said.

The Grizzlies led the league in fouls going in. This game wasn’t an exception, as Adams committed 15. Five yellow cards were handed out, four belonging to the Grizzlies.

The Runners defense looked shaky early, especially after ASC forward Autumn Boyer scored less than five minutes into the game.

But Metro picked up the pace and held Adams State scoreless.

“We came out really slow. We recognize that, which is good,” freshman forward Abby Rolph said. “But, we fixed it and got goals and got the win.”

The scoring barrage for the Roadrunners started with an own goal by the Grizzlies at the 39-minute mark. Rolph scored the next goal, her fourth of the season.

Senior forward Taylor Nicholls added to the lead in the second half. After great passes from freshman midfielder Carly Nelson and junior forward Aubrey Fondy, Nicholls went past ASC goalkeeper Christine Stemple and kicked it in for the goal.

Nicholls added another goal at the end of the game. It was her second career multigoal game.

“I needed that boost,” Nicholls said.

Junior defender Kelci Newlin added a goal, her first of the season. Abby Rolph assisted.

“It feels great. We’re going to play some really tough teams this season. (It’ll) keep the momentum going and confidence building. It’s good for us,” Almaraz said.

Metro vs. New Mexico Highlands This game turned into another physical match for the Runners.

Metro came out attacking, but the defense was shaky again and gave the Runners some trouble. However, they were able to keep it up and not allow much to the Cowgirls.

“They have some good players. When they get the ball, they’re very dangerous.

In the end, when they’re pushing more

numbers forward, we’re just trying to stay organized and get the ball forward, and we were able to do that,” Almaraz said.

Carly Nelson scored her first career collegiate goal after a great pass from Aubrey Fondy.

“It felt really good ‘cause I’ve been working on my shots extra hard in practice,” Nelson said. “It was great to finally get one in.”

Metro pressured Highlands the whole game and made them work.

“This whole week in practice, we’ve worked on high pressure every single day because that is something (Coach) Adrianne (Almaraz) really wants us to do, because that’s an easy way to get the ball and go forward,” Nelson said.

Highlands and Metro kept going at it.

The Cowgirls finished the game with 14 fouls. The Runners finished with eight fouls and a yellow card.

The Cowgirls had their chances for goals, but junior goalkeeper Danielle Quigley and the rest of the defense kept NMHU off the board.

“We knew it was going to be tough. Both teams want to win. We’re playing hard. We just had to match the intensity and we did,” Almaraz said.

Metro will continue RMAC play on the road for the first time in 2011. Metro will travel to Regis University Sept. 21, followed

by Colorado School of Mines Sept. 23 and Colorado Christian University Sept. 25.

Metro freshman forward Karisa Price, right, heads the ball during the last seconds Sept. 18 against New Mexico Highlands. The Runners escaped with a 1-0 victory. The Roadrunners remain perfect at 6-0-0 and are off to the best start since the 2006 season when they won the National Championship.

Photo by Joel Baud • jbaud@mscd.edu

Men’s soccer splits on road trip Herschberger scores weekend’s two goals; team record 3-2-1 Thomas Belinski belinski@mscd.edu The Metro men’s soccer team was mauled by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 3-1 Sept. 16. The road trip continued against Colorado Mesa University, where Metro squeaked by the Mavericks 1-0 Sept. 18.

The Runners record improved to 3-2-1 overall and 1-1-0 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action.

Metro junior forward Marc Herschberger, right, battles for the ball against a Western Nebraska Community College defender Aug. 19 at Auraria Field.

File photo by Steve Anderson • sande104@mscd.edu

Metro vs. UCCS The Mountain Lions and Roadrunners kept each other scoreless at the start of the match, due to an intense defensive battle.

UCCS sophomore midfielder Kyle Lee broke the tie with a header-goal, putting the Mountain Lions up 1-0 going into the half.

The Mountain Lions set the tone in the second frame, when UCCS junior midfielder Brett Drefs launched a missile from

45 yards out that flew past Metro junior goalkeeper Issa Bissau.

Mountain Lions’ senior forward Matt Friesen kicked in the team’s third goal from inside the penalty box off a pass from sophomore forward Justin Miller. Both UCCS goals were within three minutes of each other.

“We just didn’t come to compete,” head coach Ken Parsons said. “We didn’t finish our chances and we made bad mistakes.”

Metro junior forward Marc Herschberger ruined the Mountain Lions’ shutout hopes with less than two minutes left in the game.

“I was lucky enough to get a head on it and put it in near-post,” Herschberger said.

“But it was just a little too late in the game for anything good to happen after.”

Metro outshot the Mountain Lions 2213, but lost 3-1.

Metro vs. Colorado Mesa Herschberger scored only one goal for

Metro against Colorado Mesa, but it was all the Roadrunners needed.

After 70 minutes of scoreless play, Herschberger kicked in a goal off a header from sophomore defender Andrew Mejia.

Senior forward Scott Grode also assisted on the play.

The Mavericks had a total of two shots on goal that were rejected by Issa Bissau.

“It was a boring game, but those are the games you want as a goalkeeper,” Bissau said.

Coach Parsons was more satisified with this game compared to the previous game.

“We did a nice job all over the field,” Parsons said. “We missed a few chances, but we didn’t make any mistakes and came out with a one-goal victory.”

The Roadrunners will complete their five-game road trip Sept. 21 at Regis University before hosting Colorado Christian Sept.

23 and Colorado School of Mines Sept. 25 at Auraria Field.

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Running back: the big debate Denver Broncos’ running back Willis McGahee’s rushing performance against the Cincinnati Bengals indicates future Broncos’ success relies on him as the starter.

It was obvious that head coach John Fox wanted to re-establish a running game – long lost from Mile High – in the Broncos’ first game of 2011 against the Raiders.

However, it appeared the offensive line was incapable of opening holes and creating seams for starting running back Knowshon Moreno. Moreno rushed for only 22 yards before leaving the game early in the fourth quarter with a hamstring injury that resulted in McGahee getting the start Sunday.

The media pounced on Denver’s offensive line, questioning their lackluster effort and abilities in the ensuing days. Announcers Brad Nessler and Trent Dilfer called the two Broncos’ guards “horrible” during ESPN’s Monday night telecast, but few people questioned the play of Moreno.

Denver’s offensive line needs vast improvement as they committed five penalties against the Raiders. Their overall play was fair at best in the past two games.

While offensive line penalties decreased against the Bengals, there was no major increase in blocking quality or personnel change. Yet Willis McGahee, the secondstring running back, rushed for 31 yards and a touchdown on the Broncos’ first drive of the game. McGahee finished the game with 101 rushing yards. Even third-string running back Lance Ball finished the game

with 28 yards rushing, eclipsing Moreno’s total from the previous game by six.

The injury to Moreno gave McGahee the opportunity to prove he was the leading running back for the Denver Broncos, and he took full advantage. McGahee’s success was the result of an ability to make quick decisions, limit his cuts and optimize the opportunities provided by an inconsistent offensive line against the Bengals. He also protected the ball and fought for extra yardage by never letting his feet stop. This advancement in the running game was instrumental in the Broncos defeating the Bengals. It helped Denver control the clock and opened up the passing game for quarterback Kyle Orton.

Moreno is more agile and faster than McGahee — often making defenders look silly when they miss a one-on-one tackle in the open field, but Moreno fails to convert these assets into consistent yardage for the Broncos. One major reason is his inability to run in between the tackles because he lacks strength to complement his agility.

Then, to worsen his case for the starting

“Moreno would be an excellent complement to McGahee, who is capable of powering the ball north and south.”

Thomas Belinski belinski@mscd.edu position, Moreno has already missed four of 34 games in his short career with numerous other injuries, hindering his full potential.

Moreno was an excellent collegiate running back at the University of Georgia, rushing for more than 2,700 yards in his junior and senior seasons. He averaged a phenomenal 5.5 yards per rush during that span. However, the Reggie Bush experiment has proven, no matter how dynamic the player, collegiate success does not automatically transfer to success in the National Football League.

Moreno should not be traded or released, because he is still a valuable asset to the Broncos. Instead, his NFL caliber skills and unique attributes should be used in situational roles. He should be a staple on third downs and throwing situations, since he shows a significant ability to gain yards after the catch in the open field.

Moreno would be an excellent complement to McGahee, who is capable of powering the ball north and south between the tackles. Also, McGahee is able to absorb the pounding in the middle with a lower risk of injury, and his inside presence would draw defenders away from the corners, where Moreno thrives with his speed.

While fans and media have been fully engaged in the starting quarterback controversy, it seems the starting halfback controversy will have a greater impact on the Broncos’ success this season. Success in the NFL is more often than not determined by a team’s ability to run the football.

Willis McGahee should be the Broncos’ starting running back.

The Runners’ Run Down Daniel Laverty dlaverty@mscd.edu Cross Country The men’s and women’s teams will compete in the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn. Sept 24.

Tennis The men’s team beat Colorado Christian University 9-0 Sept. 14.

The women’s team defeated CCU 8-1 Sept. 14. The women also traveled to Nebraska Kearney for the ITA Central Region Championships Sept. 16 and 17.

Junior Alicia Holm and Senior Nadia Khamis reached the quarterfinals in the doubles bracket, while Holm and Junior Mariann Evangelista both made it to the round of 16 in the singles bracket.

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Women’s Volleyball Metro went 2-1 on their road trip. The Roadrunners beat Colorado Mesa University in three sets Sept. 15 and also swept Fort Lewis College in three sets Sept. 16. Metro fell to Western New Mexico University in five sets Sept. 17.

The Roadrunners returned home Sept.

20 and swept No. 21 Regis University.

Metro also dropped to ninth place in the AVCA Division II Top-25 poll. The Roadrunners were previously ranked seventh.

Women’s Soccer The latest NSCAA Division II Top-25 poll ranked Metro sixth in the country.

Metro was previously ranked 11th.

The women’s soccer team is now 6-0.

They beat two ranked opponents prior to RMAC play.

Be sure to check out metnews.org/sports to get full coverage of all your Metro teams!

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•1 0/2 Women’s Soccer vs.

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10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Plaza Building outside room 150 Free for students, $15 for faculty & staff ID required

9.27 SMASH! at Exdo 5 p.m.–2 a.m.

Exdo Event Center 1399 35th St.

Get your paddles and outfits ready for the first of many Tuesdays of ping pong parties. Bring extra money as a donation for Invest in Kids.

18+, $9

9.28 Alternatively Powered 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Tivoli Turnhalle

Kim Jordan, co-founder and CEO of New Belgium Brewery will be discussing how New Belgium’s conducts its business while maintaining its roots of sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Free

My Life is Average

Weird News

Today I was taking a math test on matrices. The bonus question was to find the number of minutes in a year. Luckily, courtesy of Seasons of Love, I happen to know that there are 525,600 minutes in a year. I got the bonus point. Thank you, Rent. MLIA.

It’s always hard to find something for show-and-tell that’s better than anything your classmates bring in, but the item a Missouri kindergartener presented to his class has the whole country piped up.

My name is Aviva. Usually when I have to give my name to order food, I pick something more common, but today at Starbucks I gave my real name. The barista looked up with a smile, nodded, and walked away to make my order.

When I got my coffee, the name written on it was Livin’ la Viva Loca. This is one I haven’t heard before. Made my day. MLIA.

He was supposed to bring an item that was important to his family, so you can imagine the shock when he whipped out his mother’s crack pipe and $3,700 worth of methamphetamine, according to KCTV5, a Missouri news station.

The boy’s mother, Michelle Marie Cheatham, 32, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and first-degree child endangerment.

Source: Huffingtonpost.com