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No insurance, now what? How to cover your bases. 3
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Metro students Jason Clark, front, Tim Arndt, middle, and Connor McNa paint the side of Metro’s Center for Visual Art building Oct. 11. The wall mural class, which concludes this week, spent the last eight weeks planning, and producing two walls murals which benefit the community. Story on page 8. Photo by Steve Anderson • sande104@mscd.edu
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Insurance: compliance and cost Wesley Reyna wreyna1@mscd.edu
Since the final deadline to become compliant with Metro’s insurance policy has expired, students who passed on Metro’s plan may be left thinking “What now?” Students who did not purchase insurance from Metro or didn’t submit an approved outside plan will have a registration hold placed on their account as of Oct. 17. Metro sent out 21 notices to each student through mail, email and telephone regarding insurance compliance, prior to the final deadline, according to Stephen Monaco, director of the Health Center at Auraria. “We were hoping with all that communication, they would read something that would alert them to this, and then we did extend the deadline,” Monaco said. “The deadline was Sept. 7 and we extended it to the 30th. Because it was a new process, we thought it was the appropriate thing to do.” Metro’s insurance policy is considered mandatory, with waiver. This means all full time students taking nine credit hours or more are required to provide proof of an approved insurance plan or are required to purchase the school’s provided plan. The $931 cost of insurance for the spring/summer term may be difficult for students to come up with prior to the disbursement of financial aid. “The reason it’s $931 is that the coverage is for seven months for spring/summer. It was only for five months for fall,” Monaco said. In previous semesters students who did not provide outside insurance were automatically enrolled in the schools medical coverage and the cost was deducted from their financial aid disbursement. “I think it would be nice if they would just take it out of the check,” said David Valega, a senior at Metro. “Then I don’t have to set aside or use my credit card and then pay them once I get the check, which is what I did this time.” The transition was confusing to many students and created a loophole where students who did not purchase any form of insurance could avoid the cost by simply doing nothing and letting the deadline pass.
“In order to have mandatory with waiver, you have to have a very strict enrollment system that doesn’t let people escape through loopholes, and not comply,” Monaco said. Students who took advantage of that new loophole this semester will be affected permanently and will have to take additional steps to register for future semesters. “If they’re the non-compliant students, they will always have a hold put on their account for all future semesters,” Monaco said, “They will have to comply before they can register for all future semesters.” To become compliant, students will have to provide a credit card that can be billed if insurance is not purchased or proof of insurance is not provided by the census date which is the 12th working day of each semester. Students without a credit card will need to provide a money order or personal check for the amount of that term’s insurance cost. “I had to figure out how to pay out of pocket for school and haven`t been able to come up with the money until now to pay for the required health insurance,” said Caroline Eltrich, a senior at Metro. “I was told to be compliant I had to wait till after Oct. 17 to purchase the spring/summer insurance.” The change in Metro’s insurance policy was brought about by the Affordable Health Care Act, which will go into effect in 2014. “Metro students have in their plan, as of the fall semester, all of the Federal mandates that are required for 2014,” Monaco said. “We decided to get them in our plan right now.” Under the future federal mandates, insurance customers and current metro students cannot be denied coverage for pre-existing conditions, have no lifetime maximum for coverage, and are not limited to small maximums on X-ray and MRI costs like the $2,000 X-ray maximum provided by Metro’s previous plan. Students who failed to comply but still wish to purchase insurance can contact Metro’s third party insurer Evans Consulting Insurance (ECI) directly or contact third party plan providers.
Insurance Quotes These quotes are based off a 25-year-old male or female who are non-smoking full-time college students. All information is from http://www.ehealthinsurance.com. Anthem: $93.00/month, $3,330 annual deductable Rocky Mountain Health Plans: $158.57/mo, $1,500 annual deductable United Health One: $65.81/mo, $10,000 annual deductable Celtic: $87.08/mo, $7,500 annual deductable Humana One: $87.45/mo, $7,500 annual deductable Kaiser Permanete: $128.18/mo, $5,000 annual deductable These quotes are based off a 25-year-old male or female who smoke and are full-time college students. All information is from http://www.ehealthinsurance.com Anthem: $111.00/mo, $3,330 annual deductable Rocky Mountain Health Plans: 189.86/mo, $1,500 annual deductable Celtic: $100.13/mo, $7,500 annual deductable Humana One: $97.07/mo, $7,500 annual deductable Kaiser Permanete: $128.18/mo, $5,000 annual deductable Metro Plan: $665 for the fall 2011 semester $300/in network $600/out of network
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Sen. Pat Steadman speaks “out” at Tivoli Lunch With Lawmakers series honors Nat’l Coming Out Day Wesley Reyna wreyna1@mscd.edu Grilled chicken and pulled pork weren’t the only things on the table at this month’s installment of Auraria’s Lunch With Lawmakers event. To mark National Coming Out Day, Oct. 11, Colorado’s first openly gay male senator, Pat Steadman was the event’s guest speaker. Representing Colorado’s 31st Senate district, Steadman has been a strong advocate of gay rights in Colorado, supporting last year’s failed Civil Unions bill and the Designated Beneficiary Act, that passed in 2009. “My call to action came in 1991 when for some reason voters started putting questions on the ballot about whether or not gay people should have the same rights as everyone else,” Steadman said. “Back in the day, the questions were always ‘Shouldn’t we deny these people equal participation and equal rights under law?’” A crowd of between 60 and 70 people applauded the legislator between bites of food while Steadman kept the issue of the day at the forefront of discussion. “Never underestimate the awesome power of coming out, and that doesn’t necessarily mean coming out about your sexual orientation or your gender identity,” Steadman said. “Whether you are coming out as a Republican, or you’re coming out as
a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, you’re coming out as someone whose immigration status is undocumented, those are all legitimate things for you to stand up and be proud of.” Auraria’s Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Student Services and Genders and Sexuality Alliance helped to promote the event and raise awareness of their community on campus. “We would like students on campus who may or may not know that Genders and Sexualities Alliance and GLBT student services are in existence,” said Craig Archuletta, President of Auraria GSA. “We would like to get those names out there. There’s a lot of first time students or returning students who have never been into the GLBT services center.” Attendees took time to listen to both Steadman and the students who spoke before the state senator, who offered accounts of their personal coming out experiences and issues that have affected them. “I guess you could say I’m not out there screaming my head off over gay rights. I’m personally about the war and corporate takeover of our country,” said David Brigham, a UCD graduate student. “But this is definitely a legitimate civil rights issue and I absolutely support them in what they’re doing and so, I’m wondering where we’re going from here.” The event’s discussion also touched
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Sen. Pat Steadman, Colorado’s first openly gay male senator, talks to students at the Lunch With Lawmakers event Oct. 11. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu on the subject of the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Denver protests, and how the various movements of civil rights, undocumented students and political protests could gain strength in their unity. “I vigorously support the first amendment and people’s right to assemble and let the government know their grievances, and so the fact that people are taking advantage of that opportunity I think is great,” Steadman said. “Actually I don’t think this
country sees enough protests as a general rule and so the fact that now we’ve got various different factions of people that are feeling the need to start protesting in the streets, I think that’s really healthy for our democracy.” Having been an activist for 20 years, Steadman is familiar with the slow pace of progress in politics at the state and national level. “One of the things I’ve learned through my many years of working in the legislature and public policy is that it’s really rare for there to be this great leap forward where something really big and monumental happens,” Steadman said. “More often than not the legislature moves in baby steps and change comes incrementally and slowly.” But change has come since Steadman’s early days of activism and early support of gay rights—change the students and advocates in attendance are likely to see more of as their movement continues to grow and gain support. “You know I’m really proud of the work I do, and the fact that I’m doing it as an openly gay legislator is unremarkable and I think that is a really positive thing,” Steadman said. “Twenty years ago when we were debating the Amendment 2 campaign, the idea that there would be a gay person in the legislature would have made a lot of people’s heads pop off.”
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CCD to park new building in L lot Kristy Chaparro kristychaparro@hotmail.com The Community College of Denver will join the Auraria construction boom that began with Metro’s Student Success Center and Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center. Construction will begin on the Student Learning and Engagement Building, a new home for CCD, as early as December, temporarily affecting student parking. The building will be directly west of the 9th Street Park houses, where the 194-space Linden (formerly L) parking lot is presently located. However, two new parking lots are scheduled to open in January with 257 spots, a net gain of 63. With this building, the college will expand to 85,000 square feet. The $43 million project, funded by student fees, donations and college reserves, will finance both the new construction and the partial renovation of CCD’s home building, South Classroom. Students voted to develop the structure in April 2010. Denver’s Oz Architecture partnered with Boora Architects from Portland, Ore., to draft the final design. GH Phipps Construction of Denver is the contractor in charge. Although they are still obtaining price quotes, they expect to complete construction by March 2013. “The new design gives more opportu-
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nity for the student body of CCD to come together,” said Michael Tingley of Boora Architects. “It’s welcoming, not intimidating, and feels like a home.” The building will be one of the most energy-efficient on campus, designed with energy-resourceful windows to make exten-
sive use of natural light while moderating indoor temperature, according to Thomas Bauer, Boora Architects associate principal. “We have a high-performance building envelope using very efficient heating and cooling systems,” Bauer said. Also involved are two landscaping
teams, Surface Design, Inc., of California and local company studioINSITE. The groups are exploring different strategies to reduce water consumption and are considering native landscaping material, which calls for minimal water.
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InSight Wider Roads and Wal-Mart – A postcard from Appalachia “…Someday when I die and go to heaven, land of my dreams, I won’t have to worry on losing my job to hard times and big machines…” —from “Coal Tattoo” song, written by Billy Ed Wheeler and later sung by Judy Collins, c. 1965 BUCHANAN COUNTY, VIRGINIA – Coal miner Billy Ed Wheeler wrote “Coal Tattoo” a decade after “Tennessee Ernie” Ford’s well-known “Sixteen Tons,” but well before today’s crop of country singers helped put this part of southwestern Virginia – along with neighboring Kentucky counties – on America’s musical map. Loretta Lynn, from Eastern Kentucky, rode to fame as a “coal miner’s daughter” and Crystal Gayle’s father suffered from the “black lung” disease common to coal miners. Those same Appalachian hills, not far from the Buchanan County line and Virginia, also produced Wynonna and Naomi Judd; Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakum and Patty Loveless. But younger country singers seeking stardom seldom sing of coal miners. And the music that draws on a legacy from the Scottish highlands, old-time fiddle and banjo, African, gospel and bluegrass roots has been packaged and sanitized for a mass audience. More than the music is being sanitized. I’ve been visiting Buchanan County and the county-seat town of Grundy – home to my wife, Randy – since the mid-1960s and have seen, with an outsider’s eyes, the hand of progress deliver its mixed blessings. We were back last week for her high school reunion. I won’t say for which year.
While coal, still the region’s economic backbone remains under attack from many sides and the United Mine Workers Union puts up huge roadside billboards urging folks to “Stand Up For Coal” at regional rallies later in October, miner unemployment isn’t a big problem. More mine mechanization has meant fewer miners. But alongside shut-down mines with rusty tipples and head frames, newer operations are flourishing, people are working – women, long thought to be bad luck in the mines, have for more than 20 years worked as miners – and there’s evidence of well-being not always seen in the past. The 350-student Appalachian Law School since 1994 has brought, along with a huge economic boost, a diverse student body never seen in town before. As one Grundy High School grad at the reunion told me, he’d never seen a black person before joining the U.S. Marines. Other alumni never did before getting work at auto plants in “DEEEtroit.” Along with well-kept brick homes housing the professional class (among them is the family home of Beverly Purdue, now the Governor of North Carolina), even onceunpainted and trashy-looking modest frame homes along the many “hollers” (local for hollows) that follow creeks off the U.S. 460 main road are now in good repair with fresh paint. Concurrently, what used to be Grundy’s downtown business district was largely destroyed by Wal-Mart and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Under the guise of flood control, the Engineers Corps razed many homes and businesses near the Levisa River. The same fate fell to the three-block-long downtown that held the
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J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com movie theater and local businesses — all to make way for the Wal-Mart that opened last summer as a “Second Coming” of sorts. The Wal-Mart, whose site was made level by the Engineer Corps, involved a total cost of $150 million, according to a businessman I spoke with at the reunion. Nearly that much will be spent when the still-inprogress process of shaving off the mountains on two sides of town – with whole mountainsides reduced to rock rubble – is complete to turn U.S. 460 into a four-lane road that will bypass the town. Even an October paintbrush of oak and maple reds and oranges couldn’t disguise the scars. Visiting Grundy for the first time in 11 years, I asked Randy “where’s the town and what have they done with it?” She could only lament the lost landmarks, people and memories. Wal-Mart and the Corps of Engineers “saved” the town by destroying it. It’s what the U.S. did for a whole country in Vietnam, where many Grundy high school grads went after escaping the mines. Somehow, we never seem to learn.
We are the 99 percent A few weeks ago, the Occupy Wall Street protests were apparently not worth covering. Now, without the help of media coverage, it has grown into a full-fledged movement. As Occupy Wall Street has grown from a handful of activists to multiple protests springing up throughout the country, it has drawn critical responses from political leaders (Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor called the movement a mob) and violent responses from police departments (just Google ‘NYPD,’ ‘Occupy Wall Street’ and ‘pepper spray’). Yet who are these protestors? Every story on TV seems to paint the protestors as
rabble rousing, anti-capitalist, un-American hippies. But when I would look at images posted by the protestors, I see a different story. Yes, there are hippies in drum circles, but there are also senior citizens, middleage adults and children of all ages. They are not hooded anarchists trying to incite riots, but peaceful citizens who seem fed up with the system or simply had nowhere else to turn. Intrigued by the protests, and not satisfied with the coverage I could find, I decided to read some of the stories from the movement. As I read the accounts posted on “We are the 99 percent” webpage, I was struck by the how familiar all the stories were to me. Single moms trying to feed their children while struggling to find a job. College students struggling to work a full-time job while going to school full-time. Parents
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worrying about how they will provide for their children. Everyday at Metro, students with the same stories show up in search of a better life. Look around you when you are in class. The stories of the protestors are our stories. We at The Metropolitan believe that the Occupy movements going on across the country need to be covered. So we promise that every week, you can come to The Metropolitan, or metnews.org, and find out what has been happening with Denver’s own protest, Occupy Denver. And as the occupations go on, we will be talking with protestors across the country. The mainstream media might not want to cover the movement, but we promise you, The Metropolitan will be there to tell you the stories that need to be told.
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Paint set to dry on community art Metro mural class completes two wall projects in eight weeks Megan Mitchell mmitch46@mscd.edu
The air is getting colder, which means that very soon, fresh coats of colorful paint on the walls of Metro’s Center for Visual Art and the Denver Civic Center’s Su Teatro won’t be able to adhere to the building. Metro’s Community Painting: The Mural class formally ends Oct. 13, and on Oct.11, the students decided to backtrack a few phases and start chalking up the East wall of Metro’s Center for Visual Art. “We should make it, even if right at the last moment,” Carlos Fresquez, Associate Professor and Painting Coordinator, said about hitting their eight-week deadline to finish both murals. Metro senior Sarah Buchanan and class instructor Carlos Fresquez stood outside the CVA building and spoke to CVA assistant director and curator, Cecily Cullen, about extending the mural by a few elements over to the next wall. As Buchannan pitched various patterns and color schemes to Cullen from several different mock sketches of the abstract design, they looked at the wall and took in the mural. “I think as you’re adding more elements, it’s going to create problems,” Cullen said. “The problem that we have faced all along with all these abstract shapes is that it starts to create things.” With a line design piece that incorporates various sizes of intersecting circles, Cullen worries that the students could accidentally create an image that resembles an olive or a pair of eyes. “Honestly, I think something really simple like what we originally talked about
will be the best option for this,” Buchanan said. Cullen agreed. “Keep it simple,” she said. “Blue, purple and black are the colors that work best.” The base of the wall will remain brown, but a couple of circles and lines will continue the design onto the other wall. With two days of class left, they began to chalk up circular outlines using paint buckets and trashcan lids to makes the circular shapes. “It’s just three small elements, a line, a few circles, so we can still have it done by Thursday,” Metro senior Jason Clark said. Su Teatro, on the other hand, is moving along quite smoothly. The wrap-around design depicting the serpent-like Aztec god Quetzalcoatl is nearly finished, with only a few outlines and minor shading to complete. The entire building will eventually be covered in the design, which should be finished in approximately three years. For the most part, the students are ready to be finished with the murals and the class. Many of those who are not graduating in the next year plan to return to Fresquez’s class next fall to contribute to the continuation of the Su Teatro design. I don’t think [the next class will] get the same benefit of the design teams,” said Metro junior Davis Reed. “ But I’m looking forward to seeing how they integrate the rest of the design later.” It’s been a weary and exciting two months for the students, who have come together despite conceptual clashes in the design and execution phase to create the two extraordinary pieces. If necessary, some students plan to come to their murals next week for finishing touch-ups and final group approval. “I love group work,” senior Laurn Katz said. “It’s a lot different. You have to learn how to give up your individual genius, because everybody’s a genius.”
Metro senior Jason Clark makes last minute changes to the wall mural on the Center for Visual Art building Oct. 11
Metro senior Daniel Wilson paints precise lines from the roof of the Center for Visual Art Oct. 11.
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Metro senior Connor McNa collects paint in a cup in front of Metro’s Center For Visual Art Oct. 11. The wall mural class has spent the last eight weeks painting the CVA.
Metro senior Gregory Whitaker works on the purple outline of Aztec god Quetzalcoatl on the east wall of Su Teatro Oct. 11. Whitaker was part of the first group that designed the intial sketch for the theater.
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New Moon Yoga offers art, peace An affordable way to stretch your wallet and your muscles Kelsey McMaster kkorthui@mscd.edu The Santa Fe Art District comes to life at nightfall on the first Friday of every month. Passers-by admire different art galleries along the stretch, always looking for something new. The energetic signs that light up Half Moon Studios Art and Yoga beckon people into the gallery. Walking into the studio, the eye is instantly drawn to Jared David Paul’s photography exhibit, “Hindu Residue,” which adorns the walls in a ring around the small room. Paul, who has a background in travel documentary photography, has owned galleries in the past and co-owns the yoga studio with partner Elise Fabricant, on Santa Fe Drive and 7th street. The “Hindu Residue” series was inspired by a trip the two took to India. “We traveled to India and Nepal getting lost in their culture for five months,” Paul said. In their first moments in India traveling in a cab on their way to a hotel, they found themselves in traffic from a Muslim festival where they witnessed a fatal accident. A kid on a motorcycle hit the back of a bus, dying instantly in front of them, Paul said.
Paul and Fabricant were shaken up by the event. While recovering in their hotel room, a late-night devotion show came on TV. Featuring Hindu images paired with music and Paul said he felt that he had to replicate them. “In America, [there is an obsession with] the fragility of life, but in India there is more of an acceptance of death,” said Paul. “I really appreciate the devotion these people have.” Every First Friday of the month, Half Moon has a free yoga class from 5-6p.m. As the sun sets, they open the studio up for the art show, which rotates artists bi-monthly. Fabricant is one of the studio’s yoga instructors and has been teaching yoga on and off for eight years. “We have the floors, we can use the walls too. We use the space in efficient ways, we rent the space too so its nice to decorate the walls” said Fabricant. Half Moon Studios offers any class, anytime for just $10 and classes for teens and kids at $5 with monthly rates at $75. Classes are very affordable in this economy, especially for college students, said marketing intern Julie Dollarhide “We have the best rate in town, it’s the best deal you’ll find anywhere in the city,” she said.
Above: Andrea Frazer, yoga instructor at Half Moon Studios, holds a difficult pose with her class. Left: Elise Fabricant, owner of Half Moon Studios, stretches with a “power hour” yoga class at her studio. Photos by Brian T. McGinn • bmcginn3@mscd.edu
Metro club overlooks tradition Christin Mitchell cmitch39@mscd.edu She is only a Metro sophomore, but she’s already started her own medical practice in Germany and a club for people just like her at Metro State. Karin Dremel left Germany 12 years ago and moved to Boulder, where she found a group that practiced naturopathy, a holistic form of medicine. In Germany, she’d graduated high school with the equivalent of an associate’s degree, but her schooling was not recognized in America. She started all over at Metro and brought with her the idea for a student support group. “Auraria campus was created for nontraditional students, “Dremel said. “ROSA addresses older students and students who have come back to school. People don’t usually come to college at 40 and 50 and they
don’t have the problems that they once had.” Last year, Dremel started the Metro State Mature Student Association for students who have taken a different route to college. This year, Dremel decided to change the name to ROSA, Returning and Older Students’ Association. “This could be a resource for them, this will be a place where they will find students who are like-minded,” ROSA member Tim Cole said. ” Obviously as you get older, your life experiences change and your priorities change.” While the name sounds like it is a group for students in their 40s and 50s, it is meant as a service and support group for students of all ages. “It’s not just limited to people of a specific background, but it is open to people of different backgrounds,” ROSA member Rodney Dean said. “One of the beautiful
ideas that Karin came across was that she wanted to be able to get people together who would not otherwise be able to get together because of life circumstances.” Each Tuesday, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the group meets for a “coffee klatsch” in the library, brainstorming ways to make the group more visible to the campus. Eventually, Dremel would like the club to service all three campuses, to provide support for all non-traditional students. “I want to be able to say to people, ‘Look, I did this and you can this too.’” For more information on the club, contact the club sponsor Mary Kay Ball at ballmar@mscd.edu or 303-556-8342.
From left: ROSA members Karin Dremel, Anne Frankovich and Rodney Dean. Photo by Luke Powell • lpowel18@mscd.edu
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Students board new musical vessel Gaining headway in a local scene is one of the largest challenges posed to anyone trying to start a band, especially if you have to deal with a full class load. Over the past year, Flagship — with its unique brand of aggressive and melody driven metal — has accepted this challenge and is gaining attention within the Denver music scene. The Metropolitan recently sat down with both of Flagship’s guitarists, Austin Minney and Andrew Gough, to ask them about their busy lives as students turned musicians. Interview and photos by Thomas Stipe • bstipe@mscd.edu TS: So what sort of music would you call Flagship? AM: It’s like melodic progressive hardcore. AG: With elements of technical metal. AM: Its pretty much whatever we want it to be.
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TS: How long have you guys been playing? AG: It was early June. AM: Yeah, early June, at the Blast-O-Mat. But we’ve been writing since December of last year. TS: Both of you play in a few different local projects and attend school. How did you find enough time to start Flagship? AM: [Flagship] started because Andrew really wanted to start something sort of like August Burns Red and Misery Signals. Our drummer Dan said, “Man, I’d really like to be in a band that sounds like Misery Signals.” So I told Dan about our ideas and he said “So why aren’t we playing?” Then about a month later it ended up happening because the metalcore band Dan and I were in was on the fritz. So, we brought this kid in [Andrew], we started jamming and so on. TS: You guys have done pretty well since starting. Where do you hope to take this? AM: I don’t know, it sort of just depends on what everyone else wants to do. AG: I mean, we’d like to play everyday, every way, any time, any show, any dive, with anyone. AM: We’ll play any show anywhere, but we’ll probably be hitting the studio pretty soon here with the guy who [recorded] our
single. His studio is nearing completion. We have a five song EP [that] we’re going to record. And, we’re working on more material to do a split with Orphans. Hopefully, [we’ll] release that and play shows like there’s no tomorrow. TS: So, you’re both students. Where do you go and what do you do? AM: I go to CU Denver. Technically, I’m an undergraduate, but I’m taking post-grad classes for mathematics. AG: I go to MSCD for music and music education. TS: What’s it like being student musicians under such different programs? AM: It’s fun, the music is always the release from the math world. It’s nice to use both sides of my brain to do analytical mathematics and still apply a lot of that thinking and logic to music. It’s really interesting to see the comparisons in both worlds. There’s, surprisingly, a lot of overlap that a lot of people don’t think about. It’s fun. TS: What is your stance on the current scene around Denver? AM: The local scene has more potential than I’ve seen in the last four years. The thing is, seeing that potential grow into something would be very nice, but I’m not
Andrew Gough shredding with Flagship. sure people have the motivation to get to that point. There are a lot of really cool upand-coming bands; hopefully they mature into bands that do something rather than just stay really cool local bands that your friends are in. TS: So what advice do you have for up-andcoming bands? AG: Practice! AM: Just play everywhere, with anybody. I don’t care if you’re a death metal band, still play with indie bands. Seriously, you’ll find the people that love the music rather than people that just go to hang out with their friends. Those are the true fans.
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Rest in peace, R.E.M. Julie Maas • pretko@mscd.edu It wasn’t the first time I had heard R.E.M., but the video for “Losing My Religion” was what initially drew me to the band. The video was visually stunning — brilliantly directed by film director Tarsem Singh — and after watching it, I couldn’t really see the band in any other light. I instantly had a mad crush on Michael Stipe and I wanted to dissect the video and learn more both visually and musically. Clearly, this was the beginning of my film studies career but it was also when I fell in love with R.E.M. I was in high school when their seventh album, Out of Time, came out, and I was obsessed. I had to have their entire catalog, and I started buying used vinyl and collecting anything of theirs I could find. R.E.M. not only influenced my musical taste for life, but essentially introduced me to one of my best friends for the last 20 years and was a major connection with the man I would later call my husband.
Last month, R.E.M. decided to call it quits after 31 years of making music together. It was bittersweet and I didn’t react the way I would have expected. Like every band, they had their highs and lows. As a huge fan, I could recognize that and keep coming back for more. As they fluctuated through popularity over the years, I always stood by and listened to everything. I loved them and I still do. I am happy that they knew when to end it, unlike other big name acts, who just can’t seem to stop. I saw R.E.M. play their last Colorado show at Red Rocks on June 3, 2008. My favorite band. My favorite venue. It was the best show I’ve ever been to. Michael Stipe was glowing from Obama getting the Presidential nomination and they couldn’t have played a better set list. I’m a little heartbroken because I won’t see them again, but I don’t know if they could beat that show. R.E.M. helped inspire my love for film by using directors like Singh, and inspira-
After 31 years and 15 major albums, these guys finally parted ways. Farewell R.E.M. Photo courtesy of R.E.M. tion from film masters like Fellini, to create their music videos. For their last album, Collapse Into Now, they had a different director do a video for each song and released
the collection in select art theaters nationwide. For such artists, it was a perfectly artful way to go out. Goodbye, R.E.M. To me, “you are the everything.”
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The Gromet’s constantly evolving folk rock sound Story and photos by Rachael Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu Lewthwatie and Boynton traveled around the East Coast playing acoustic shows, but the duo wanted to start a band and felt that the new sound would be better received in their home state of Colorado. Beyond his guitar chops, Lewthwatie is a solid drummer and Boynton can play some snappy licks, but they needed a bassist. A chance encounter with Boynton’s former band mate, Nick Pittman, sealed the deal. “They made me try out,” Pittman recalls. “It was humiliating. I was the only one there.” Needless to say, Pittman got the gig and The Gromet was born. The band’s sound has continued to grow in the last few years. In 2010, keyboard player Dylan Fowler joined the band and Brad Johnson, another guitar player, was added in 2011. The original members are pleased with the direction the band is taking. And, although their sound is developing and changing, their relaxed attitudes have not. “We don’t take ourselves too seriously,” Lewthwatie adds. “It’s still just friends getting together and making music.” But just because they are easy-going does not mean they aren’t be ambitious. Sean Boynton, left, and Dylan Fowler, The Gromet has recently partnered with right, jam through a song during their Oct. AC Golden Brewing Company to promote 7 show at the Buffalo Rose.
Couples that finish each other’s sentences: repulsive. Five-person bands that finish each other’s sentences: rare. Although The Gromet plays folk-rock for couples, they still have more chemistry than the sappiest of lovebirds. The quintet continues to prove this sentiment with their in-depth recordings and tasteful live shows. Over the years, The Gromet evolved from two founding members, John Lewthwatie and Shea Boynton, playing guitars and singing on the beaches of Maine to the five-person, harmonious rock group that it is today.
John Lewthwatie, left, Peter Weber, center, and Sean Boynton, right, share the stage. Colorado Native ale. Colorado Native is the only beer in the world made with all Colorado ingredients.
“We don’t take ourselves too seriously. It’s still just friends getting together and making music.” —John Lewthwatie
“It’s cool because we are a local band and they are a local beer so we can help to work each other up,” says Boynton. Fans at a Gromet show can expect to see discounted prices on the amber lager. The Gromet’s next show is Friday, Oct. 21 with Whiskey King Coalition at Herman’s Hideaway in Denver. If you need a fix of folky, grassroots-style rock before then, you can listen to tracks from the band’s 2010 EP, Colorado Captain, on their Facebook page.
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Metro kicked around at home Women’s soccer loses to Colorado Mesa, ties Fort Lewis Paul Meyer pmeyer8@mscd.edu A cold weekend at Auraria Field marked the women’s soccer team’s hot streak coming to an end. The Roadrunners, who fell out of the top-25 rankings, were unable to get a victory. Oct. 7, Metro took on Colorado Mesa University and lost 3-0. The Runners then faced ninth-ranked Fort Lewis College Oct. 9 and tied 2-2. The Roadrunners are now 9-2-1 overall, and 5-2-1 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. “Obviously, [I] wish we got better results,” head coach Adrianne Almaraz said. “It’s something that we have to rebuild from.” Metro vs. Colorado Mesa The Runners started the weekend against Colorado Mesa University at Auraria Field. It was a forgettable game. In the first half, the Roadrunners out-
shot the Mavericks 5-1. In the second half, Metro lost its edge and CMU took advantage. In the 53rd minute, CMU midfielder Daniella Salinas found the back of the net for the first goal of the game. The CMU offense heated up when Maverick forward Darion Wiegert hit a shot that floated over Metro junior Danielle Quigley’s head and went in. CMU forward/midfielder Kelly Parkhurst put the nail in the coffin after a deflection in front of the goal. “They came out to play,” junior defender Hayley Renko said. Metro vs. Fort Lewis Metro finished the weekend against ninth-ranked Fort Lewis College at Auraria Field. Fort Lewis made Metro work early and often. The Roadrunners were able to counter with a sharp defensive effort. Metro had great composure throughout the game. “I couldn’t be more happy with our defensive effort from backline to the midfield
to the forwards,” junior defender Hayley Marsh said. After a scoreless first half, Fort Lewis Sam Weiss found the back of the net. A minute and 30 seconds later, forward Emma Cannis hit a shot that went right past Quigley and scored, putting Fort Lewis up 2-0. Metro then took advantage of some Skyhawk mistakes. With just over 10 minutes to go, senior forward Taylor Nicholls passed over to Marsh and she hit a shot that went off a defender and went in. Nineteen seconds later, sophomore forward Tess Hagenlock scored a goal that went over the FLC goalkeeper and went into the net, tying the game 2-2 after regulation. The overtime and double overtime periods were an intense defensive battle. Neither team could get anything going, and the game ended in a tie. Metro will take on Regis University Oct. 12 at Auraria Field. They will travel to Colorado State University at Pueblo Oct. 14, followed by No. 21 Fort Lewis College Oct. 16.
Freshman midfielder Carly Nelson tries to win a ball against a Fort Lewis defender Oct. 9 at Auraria Field. The Roadrunners tied 2-2. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu
Men’s soccer’s streak halted Metro falls to No. 1 Fort Lewis, Colorado Mesa at home Matt Hollinshead mhollin5@mscd.edu With a five-game winning streak on their shoulders, the Metro men’s soccer team’s recent success quickly turned into disappointment in a matter of days. The Roadrunners fell in a hard-fought match to No. 1 Fort Lewis College 1-0 at Auraria Field Oct. 7. They also suffered their first-ever loss against Colorado Mesa University 2-1 in overtime Oct. 9. Junior goalkeeper Issa Bissau missed both games because of an injury, giving junior Shailer Thomas playing time. “I don’t think that either one of them was going to really do anything,” head coach Ken Parsons said of the goalkeeping. Metro slipped from 14th to 18th in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division II top-25 poll. They’re now 7-4-1 this season, including 5-3 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. “Overall, (the weekend) was very disappointing,” senior forward Scott Grode said. Metro vs. Fort Lewis From the get-go, this game was a war, as both teams fought aggressively for the ball. Senior midfielder Scott Crawford had a golden opportunity to put the Runners on the board toward the end of the first half, but his shot hit the post.
said. “Unfortunately, we didn’t put away our chances, and they got one deflected.”
Men’s soccer sophomore midfielder Kevin Pocalyko, right, collides with junior forward Marc Herschberger, middle, against Colorado Mesa University Oct. 9 at Auraria Field. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu
Shortly after, senior defender Dele Johnson put the ball in the back of the net off a corner kick, but he was offside. Therefore, the play didn’t count as a goal. “A break here or there was going to be the difference in the game,” Parsons said. “We just didn’t catch that break.” Fort Lewis caught their break when forward/midfielder Thomas Hoang received credit for the first goal at the 61-minute mark when the ball was deflected off Metro. Crawford had a header with 47 seconds left
in regulation, but Fort Lewis goalkeeper Ryan Wirth made the save. With 12 seconds left, Crawford kicked the ball at the net point-blank, but Wirth stopped him again, securing a Fort Lewis win. “Every time we play Metro here [in Denver], it’s a war,” said Wirth, who has only allowed four goals so far this season. Despite losing, Metro outshot Fort Lewis 22-11, including 8-5 in shots on goal. “Coming out against the No. 1 team in the nation, we were pumped up,” Crawford
Metro vs. Colorado Mesa The weekend didn’t get any easier for Metro. Early on, Scott Grode scored his 10th goal of the season with a header. “I thought we were going to build off of it,” Grode said of that goal. The cold air settled in shortly after, and the game went downhill for Metro. After the referees called a foul on the Roadrunners, CMU forward Danny Molineaux scored off a penalty kick with a few minutes remaining in the half. In the second half, Metro had plenty of opportunities to regain the lead. They outshot Colorado Mesa 10-2, but couldn’t capitalize. Both squads tried to make something happen, but neither team inflicted additional damage. The game went into overtime. CMU midfielder/defender AJ Marquez silenced Metro with a clean goal off a corner kick one minute and 29 seconds into overtime. “It was just a poor decision on one of our backs that kicked the ball out of bounds,” Parsons said. Metro will play Regis University at home Oct. 12. They’ll travel to Durango for a rematch against Fort Lewis Oct. 14 before coming back home to play University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Oct. 16.
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Volleyball opens home stand Roadrunners sweep Mountain Lions, fall to Orediggers Zee Nwuke znwuke@mscd.edu A five-game thriller turned hope into heartbreak for Metro’s volleyball team at the Auraria Event Center. Opening a five-game home stand, the Roadrunners swept University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 3-0 Oct. 7. The next night, Metro was on the brink of beating Colorado School of Mines in the fifth set, but the Orediggers stood their ground and prevailed. Senior libero Ngoc Phan was named RMAC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season. The Roadrunners are now 14-4 this season, including 6-3 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. “We played too careful, Mines played to win. And you don’t win playing careful,” head coach Debbie Hendricks said. Metro vs. UCCS Metro came out flat against the Mountain Lions, falling behind 4-0 early in the opening set. “Every team is going to bring all they have against us,” senior outside hitter Bri Morley said. Tied at 10 in the opening set, Morley got a crucial kill to give the Roadrunners
the lead and the momentum. Along with a few outstanding defensive plays, Metro remained poised and closed the set out, winning 25-20. The second set started close, tied at three. After a monster kill from Morley, the Roadrunners started pulling away again. UCCS tried to fight their way back into the match, but Metro kept their lead and went on to win the set 25-15. Metro seemed to have some trouble finishing the match in the third set. Both teams traded leads until Metro went up for good 12-11. The Roadrunners cruised, taking the set 25-17 for the sweep. Despite some periodic defensive struggles, Metro took care of business in the end. Morley led Metro with 15 kills and Phan contributed 25 digs. Metro vs. Mines Metro and Mines played an epic five-set match. Due to a slow Metro start, Mines got the first lead. The Roadrunners were able to fight back and tie the game at nine. The Orediggers prevailed and finished out, winning 26-24. In the second set, the same trend continued. Both teams traded leads through the entire set. Defensive lapses seemed to trouble Metro, but persistence kept them in the match. The Orediggers were leading 24-
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23 when Coach Hendricks called a timeout to speak with her team. What Hendricks said must’ve worked, as Metro surged to finish the set and won 28-26. The third set brought familiar patterns, as the teams battled. Powerful kills from both teams kept every player on their toes. Mines took control and took the set 25-21. Fatigue started to take its toll in the fourth set. Metro and Mines traded kills back and forth, trying to take control of the set. Neither team would back down. The score remained close, tied at 24. Metro gained the upper hand when sophomore right side hitter Alysa Heath pounded the ball for a crucial point. A powerful kill from Morley shortly after secured a fourthset win for Metro, 26-24. In the fifth set, both teams looked for the knockout blow. The score was extremely close, tied twice in the set, once at 11 and again at 20. Mines came out on top and took the final set 26-24. “I think we just didn’t capitalize on some of the chances that we were given,” Heath said. The fifth set was the longest in either teams’ history. Morley had 18 kills, while Heath had 16 kills. Senior outside hitter Emily Greenhalgh and freshman right-side hitter Lauren Quijano each had 14 kills. “We’re a team that fights. We’re a team
that plays hard,” Hendricks said. Metro fell to 12th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II top-25 poll. They will wrap up their home stand Oct. 13-15 against New Mexico Highlands University, Colorado State University at Pueblo and Adams State College.
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1- Ancient Palestinian; 7- Embrace; 10- Cereal grain; 14- Fit with clothes; 15- Clean air org.; 16- Actress Garr; 17- Evaluate; 18- East Lansing sch.; 19- ___ Rhythm; 20- Given to vituperation; 23- Word with panel or energy; 26- After taxes; 27- Ascends; 28- I smell ___!; 29- Prince Valiant’s son; 30- IV units; 31- Skill; 33- Bingo!; 34- Gasteyer of “Saturday Night Live”; 37- Shoebox letters;
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Today, after reading several stories about people saying ‘pika’ before they sneeze, I decided to give it a shot. I felt a sneeze coming on, so yelled “PIKA!” ... Only I didn’t sneeze. It was awkward.
While we know shaking hands is the most common way to greet and to say good-bye to someone, Dr. Nathan Wolfe, a Stanford University biology professor, says you should exchange it for an elbow bump or nearly extinct bow. These options are less likely to spread sicknesses like the common flu. Of course, if you just wash your hands regularly — remember to use soap — you will be less susceptible to colds and awkward moments. But if you can’t take the risk of contamination, you should probably adopt Wolfe’s suggestions. You make look a little crazy following his steps during a job interview, but at least you won’t be sick when you go to the next one.
At my school, we had to do drawings with the theme, “together we can.” I noticed one of the pictures was of a red and blue crayon and it said,” Together we can make purple.” I have never laughed so hard. mlia At my school, Twilight is in the horror section. I find this perfectly acceptable. MSLIA Today, I was playing dodgeball in PE. Right before I threw a ball, I’d yell “stupefy!” My sub gave me a high-five.
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