March 15, 2012
Volume 34, Issue 26
Serving the Auraria Campus for 33 Years
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Metro junior forward Jonathan Morse, right, and the rest of the men’s basketball team hoist the NCAA Division II Central Region Championship trophy March 13 at Lockridge Arena in Golden. The Roadrunners upset No. 1 Colorado School of Mines 73-64 and advanced to the Elite 8 in Highland Heights, Ky. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu
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Student Success building to open over break Metro’s Student Success building is just days away from the big move. More than 230 full-time employees and 25 different departments scattered across all ends of Auraria and Writer’s Square are gearing up for the mass relocation over spring break. “We’ll play it day-by-day,” Sean Nesbitt, Metro’s Facilities Planning & Space Management director, said. Nesbitt has spearheaded the student-funded, $60 million project since it’s inception four years ago. He is optimistic the massive transfer will run smoothly. “We got really lucky because of the backfi ll renovations and things like moving the School of Business and other departments over the last year,” he said. “We learned a lot of lessons and figured out how to make [the move] really efficient.” Nesbitt said his team is planning to move most departments in four-hour time blocks. They,
in conjunction with professional movers, Metro’s Information Technology departments and the work of hundreds of staff members and volunteers will begin moving March 19. The new building officially opens March 26, but all student aid offices currently operating in the Central building will remain open over spring break and during the move. “There’s a lot of details involved as far as getting boxes and things like that,” Nesbitt said. “The difficult thing was [working with] 25 departments and trying to coordinate with 25 contacts.” Metro’s IT department has played a major part in the move. Mike Hart, director of security, networking, asset management and procurement for Metro’s IT, has worked for months purchasing new computers and preparing a small team to move all existing personal computers to the new facility. “It’s really straightforward, it’s just a very large move for just a handful of people to do,” Hart
Metro Facilities Planning and Space Managment Director Sean Nesbitt talks to student media members Brad Roudebush, left, and Peter Aragon during a tour of the new Student Success Building.
The Student Success Building is scheduled to open March 26. Over spring break more than 230 emplyees and faculty are planning to move into the new building. Photos by Steve Anderson • sande104@mscd.edu
trying to make it easier for comtransportation options in the city said. muter students and new students are available. In addition to new computers, to navigate the campus and city.” “It covers the logistics of being the building supports the strongest in downtown Denver as a student,” wireless connection for Metro she said. We really worked hard students anywhere on campus. >> Continued on page 5 “The network improvements are going to be dramatic for a majority of these users,” he said “They should have one hundred percent, fully-saturated wireless coverage throughout the building.” Other improvements and upgrades include an interactive communication kiosk on the first floor. “The kiosk will be a touch screen that will have not only information about the campus, but also information about the surrounding Denver area,” said Joan Zurkovich, head of Metro’s administrative IT department said. This The new Student Success Bulding stands empty a week before more than 230 Metro State employees move into their new home. includes things like restaurants, emergency auto repair and finding
Moving Schedule for Metro Departments Financial Aid Alumni Relations Academic Advising Sponsored Programs Perkins/Student Accts VP Information Technology Cashier Scholarship Center Enrollment Svcs
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Guns allowed on Colorado college campuses CU’s concealed weapons ban ruled unconstitutional Jessica Wacker jwacker1@mscd.edu Auraria now allows guns to be brought on campus by concealed weapons permit holders. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on March 5 that the University of Colorado’s gun ban was unconstitutional. Since the ruling, colleges and universities throughout the state have changed their policy to remain in compliance with the Concealed Carry Act, including Metro, UCD and CCD. “Because of the breadth of the [Colorado] Supreme Court decision, it’s pretty obvious that all college campuses in Colorado are having to react the same way,” said Blaine Nickeson, associate vice president of campus relations with Auraria Higher Education Center. “We’re going to continue to enforce our weapons policy with the explicit exception of these concealed handguns for people that have a valid and legal concealed carry permit,” he said. The ruling followed a lawsuit
Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. In light of the 2011 shootings at Virginia Tech, the ability to carry a concealed weapon on campus for the purpose of self-defense is necessary, Burnett said. The Concealed Carry Act states that a person with a permit may carry a concealed weapon in all areas of the state, with the exception of some federal properties, K-12 schools and buildings with fixed security checkpoints, such as courthouses, according to the Two handguns are displayed by The Gun Room gun shop in Denver. Under the new concealed weapDenver Post. It also ons policy for Auraria, handguns can be brought on to campus with a legal concealed weapons permit. Photo by Brian T. McGinn • bmcginn3@mscd.edu states that a local government may not enforce an ordinance or resolution “Until colleges can guarantee Carry on Campus. The students arthat conflicts with law. our safety, they can’t criminalize gued the gun ban on CU’s campus Some students and faculty violated their constitutional rights. self-defense,” said David Burcontacted AHEC with concerns nett, the national spokesman for Auraria also banned concealed filed in 2009 by three students in El Paso county. They are part of the group Students for Concealed
weapons on campus in 2003, after the Concealed Carry Act was passed by the Colorado legislature.
about the new policy, primarily in regard to how this would affect the classroom environment, according to Nickeson. “With faculty and with students, we’re really reinforcing that Auraria has a very low amount of violent crime on the campus,” Nickeson said. “We’ve also encouraged them to talk to their governance bodies.” A handful of people contacted AHEC “to double check they really are in the clear to legally carry on campus,” Nickeson said. Students should contact the Student Government Assembly and faculty should contact the Faculty Senate if they have concerns. Nickeson declined to comment on whether or not he agreed with the ruling. “The intent of the legislature as defined by the court was that weapons could be carried on college campuses, and as long as that’s the intent of the legislature, we’re going to do what we can to hold up the law,” he said.
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SACAB Report:
SACAB is working hard with AHEC to keep the food vendors on campus. As a result, Biker Jim’s contract has been extended for one year. AHEC is considering revising the current vendor policy to help food trucks continue serving the campus.
Student Trustee Report:
Corrections Kristin Broussard’s name was spelled incorrectly on page 4 of the March 8 article titled “New club focuses on outreach.”
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An employee picks up his bag in the new 3D panoramic projection theater in the new Student Success Building March 13. Photo by Steve Anderson • sande104@ mscd.edu >> Continued from page 3
The Student Success building is unique on many levels. Aside from the technology and the futuristic equipment found on every floor, the building is also LEEDgold certified as an energy efficient structure. The rooftop garden is one example of the building’s green credentials. The area acts as part of a storm water filtration system. The water drains off the roof and runs into an underground retention system, where it is held for 72 hours and then released into a storm drain. A private media tour given by Nesbitt March 13 revealed many of the expansive office spaces and student learning and development areas within the building. On the first floor are six numbered sta-
tions where the admissions, academic advising, registrar, bursar, cashiering and financial aid offices will be moved. The offices have digital signs with windows that display helpful information to Metro students, such as deadlines, community affairs and tidbits like where the Health Center is and when it’s open. The building also includes a 3D, panoramic projection planning room that Metro President Stephen Jordan requested to enhance that status of the building and give back to the community. “It’s a phenomenal project and one that doesn’t happen on many campuses,” Zurkovich said. “This building has been designed around the students. I came from the University of California and I’ve never seen anything like this.”
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Metro’s Student Government Assembly members can breathe a little easier. Metro’s Student Affairs Board has agreed to bail out the SGA following a $95,000 accounting error. Senate members previously voted to balance the budget by taking personal pay cuts. Most members of the senate were eager to regain their original pay. However, there was some debate. “If the SAB is willing to cover the difference in our available funds, why are we willing to take that difference to pay ourselves,” Sen. Jason Dirgo said. “I think that it would be unnecessarily immoral to not pay somebody the amount that they were told that they were going to be paid upon receiving a job,” Sen. Alees Seehausen said in response. Despite the questions raised during debate, the bill passed unanimously. “Praise God, we are getting paid,” said Sen. Jeffery Washington. “I would have taken a pay cut, but they are giving us the money.”
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A resolution proclaiming SGA’s support of Colorado’s senate bill concerning changing Metro’s name to Metropolitan State University of Denver was sent back to committee for redrafting. Though the senate unanimously supports the change to university status, some senators do not support the process by which the final name was selected. “I think that we should let the Board of Trustees know of how we feel like we have been mistreated, and I don’t think that is what this specific resolution is going to do,” Seehausen said. Senate members preferred the name Denver State University over Metropolitan State University of Denver, but felt the Board of Trustees allowed representatives from the University of Denver decide Metro’s new name. “As a student, I feel like DU is choosing our name,” Dirgo said. “The voices of the students I’ve talked to feel that DU is choosing our name, so why would I support going forward with that?”
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LaBure, met with the Alumni Association to discuss integrating Career Services and The Internship Center in order to facilitate job placement for students. LaBure also started a petition expressing disapproval of advertisements in The Metropolitan similar to the Hooters ad that ran on the front page of last week’s issue. Though LaBure was not present at the senate meeting, Dirgo spoke on his behalf. “He is very passionate about that. I kind of agree. Come on guys, I mean really,” Dirgo said.
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Letter to the Editor: Hooters ad degrades the integrity of Metro [I am writing today to address] my concern regarding the Hooters ad that was placed on the front page of volume 34, issue 25 of The Metropolitan. I think this ad shouldn’t be on the cover of our newspaper. Despite the fact that the Office of Student Media requires revenue from multiple sources, this ad, in my opinion, was in bad taste and should have never been placed in our paper.
This ad reflects poorly on the college and more importantly on the students who choose to go here. Often times Metro is associated with negative connotations in the community — this ad — plays into those connotations. We should strive to bring business leaders and industry to our campus. Show the community that we are a school where you recruit woman who are National Champi-
ons in athletics, woman who are part of an Aviation Department that is one of the best in the world, and one of the premier calculus programs in the country. A place to recruit actuaries, accountants, pilots, event-planners, and more. This ad does a disservice to the students who attend Metro. -Jacob LaBure, Metro Student Trustee
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No Great Expectations for 2012 Rockies While baseball spring training literally warms up in Arizona prior to the real season that starts April 9 at Coors Field, the talk in Denver isn’t about the Middle East, contraception, Rush Limbaugh or the Republican primaries clown show, but about whether the Broncos can land premier quarterback Peyton Manning. And what then happens to Tim Tebow. In Denver, the Broncos are never out of season and Manning speculation — all speculation — ranked with the Second Coming. Breathless sports reporters were on site last Friday to deliver live coverage of Manning’s plane arriving at Centennial airport, when he got to the Broncos’ facility at Dove Valley and who greeted him. Overkill? Not in Denver. Meanwhile, big league baseball is back and is now playing a slate of interleague spring training games in Florida’s Grapefruit League and — closer to home — in Arizona’s Cactus League. The Arizona spring training locale was launched in the late 1940s when Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck integrated the American League with outfielder Larry Doby and pitcher “Satchel” Paige. Veeck acted shortly after Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey broke the major league baseball “color line” — an unspoken “gentlemen’s agreement” nearly 70 years old — by bringing Jackie Robinson up to the Dodgers in 1947 as a 28 year-old rookie. Veeck, a baseball maverick who, like Rickey, was hated by most of his co-owners, had no patience with the completely segregated facilities in Florida, where Cleveland held spring training. With Doby and Paige on board in 1948, Cleveland won the World Series in the same year that U.S. President Harry Truman finally integrated the U.S. Armed Forces. Earlier that year, Veeck moved the Indians’ spring training locale to less-segregated Arizona, where he owned land near Phoenix. Today, the Colorado Rockies play in the
Cactus League, whose 16 teams match that of the Florida Grapefruit League. The Rockies’ Arizona home is the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, a second-year facility near Scottsdale they share with the Arizona Diamondbacks, who also moved north for spring training from Tucson in 2011. Some hometown sports hawks in the Arizona sun paint a somewhat sunny picture of the Rockies’ 2012 prospects. But the reality is a bit cloudier. A mere year ago, the Rockies entered spring training with the highest — and mostly highly-hyped — hopes in their history. When the team posted the best won-lost record in all of baseball in April, boosters were talking World Series, or at least winning their division. In May, the Rockies collapsed en route to their most disappointing season ever, to finish at 73-89 and near the bottom of the NL West. There was plenty of blame to go around. Pitching broke down and general manager Dan O’Dowd shipped struggling Ubaldo Jimenez, once the club’s most promising pitcher, to Cleveland for four “prospects” who still aren’t exactly household names. The everyday lineup failed every day to drive in runners, hitting just .245 with runners in scoring position. Clubhouse drama, angst and bad attitudes added to the witch’s brew. Dealin’ Dan, who owns a less-than-steller performance in charge of player personnel since 1999, cleaned house by unloading Chris Ianetta, Ian Stewart, Seth Smith, Casey Weathers, Aaron Cook, Huston Street, Ty Wiggington and Jose Lopez; all of whom had disappointed in 2011. Exactly what that shakeup, and O’Dowd’s acquisitions, brought in return is another story. Dealin’ Dan and the Rockies’ front office brain trust don’t have deep pockets and were burned by $175 million in contracts to free-agency flops Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle, signed in O’Dowd’s first year . They’ve remained wary of spending seri-
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J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com ous money since. When they DO spend, the moves can be questionable. Back in December, Dealin’ Dan gave a three-year $31.5 million contract to veteran outfielder Michael Cuddyer, now 33, who had a career .272 batting average with 141 home runs over 13 seasons with the Minnesota Twins. Later, the Rockies GM signed wouldbe starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie, age 33, from the Baltimore Orioles, for $8.2 million. Guthrie, 9-17 with the lowly Orioles last year, has a lifetime losing record of 47-65. The Rockies keep talking about growing their own talent with a farm system that, alas, has been depleted by inept draft ing decisions. During the last decade, only one Rockies first-round draft pick, Troy Tulowitszki, has blossomed as a bona-fide star. The Rockies’ build-from-within mantra is getting old, and so are the Rockies. Todd Helton, at 38, and Jason Giambi, 41, are sentimental first-base favorites but can’t be relied upon to deliver every day. The outfield of Carlos Gonzalez, age 26, Dexter Fowler, also 26, and Cuddyer seems solid enough. But even with them, and Tulo at 27, the Rockies’ opening-day lineup could average around 34. In a season of drastically diminished expectations, nobody is talking World Series or even playoffs. And most baseball seers predict the Rockies to finish closer to last than to first in their division. I hope we’re all wrong. Meanwhile, see you on Opening Day at Coors Field.
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The Metropolitan’s response to the Hooters ad STAFF-EDITORIAL While the choice of advertising in last week’s paper has been controversial — not least among The Metropolitan’s staff — we stand by our choice to run this one-time ad. When deciding whether or not to run an ad, we do our best to be equitable. We ask questions like “is the product or service being advertised illegal?” and “Is the ad itself visually inappropriate?” In a world where pictures of Taylor Lautner’s shirtless abs and bikini shots of Jessica Alba adorn film advertisements (usually without
complaint), the ad we ran seems positively tame. Working part-time while attending school is a fact of life for most Metro students. Colorado cut more than $120 million in higher education funding this year, leading to tuition hikes across the state. Metro raised tuition 23 percent this year. Additionally, many of our students are nontraditional; balancing education with rent, utility bills, car payments and debt. We agree that our graduates are likely destined for careers more
ambitious than a Hooters waitress. However, we also have faith in our students to decide for themselves where they want to work, and would consider it the height of arrogance to censor an opportunity because we happen to think they deserve a better job. Additionally, a college paper like The Metropolitan has an obligation to our student body to honestly and independently report the news. Without advertising revenue, we cannot maintain independence — and without independence, we
cannot honestly serve the student body. Our printing costs, and the salaries of our staff are paid by advertising revenue. Unlike other organizations, even other facets of the Office of Student Media, The Metropolitan does not and cannot run on student funds. How could we effectively report on controversial decisions coming from the Board of Trustees or other Metro offices if we are beholden to them? How could anyone take us seriously when we call out
student government for failures — or, by contrast, when we praise them for success — if we receive funding from them? So we sell ads. Poor taste is a matter of opinion, and all our ads have the possibility of offending someone. As for doing a disservice to our students: when a newspaper starts determining taste and morality for its readers, that is the disservice.
“What do you think of The Metropolitan running a Hooters ad on the front page?”
Julia Hilton, Freshman, Metro
“It doesn’t bother me at all. Freedom of the press, anyone has a right to advertise.”
Sofia Rivera, Freshman, Metro
Josh Abbott, Sophomore, Metro
“I don’t have a problem with it. It’s not brainwashing anybody. They can apply if they want to and if they feel that it’s not for them, they can just pass over it.”
“It is an ad in the newspaper. If the Post or the Rocky would have put it in, they wouldn’t have got calls about it.”
Julia Hilton, Freshman, Metro
“I don’t see how people could feel negative about it. I wouldn’t want to be a Hooter’s girl, but if that is a way to get money for the newspaper to run that ad, I don’t see what the problem is.”
Zack Conner, Senior, Metro
“I don’t think any girls [were] offended.”
Robyn Willson, 2008 Metro alumna
“I really don’t have a problem with it. It’s an ad paying for space, they should have their space.”
Letter to the Editor: Morons with cell phones Recently, in the crush of bodies between classes on campus, I was nearly run into by a young woman. Her head was down and she was ferociously fingering the keypad of her cell phone in a seeming life or death struggle to get a text message out. If it were not for me saying “BOO!” and side stepping at the last moment, we would have collided. Barely glancing up at me with a somewhat startled and frosty look, she continued unabated — running into other students, some of whom were doing the same thing. I stood there watching in disbelief as she was swallowed up into the churning sea of humanity. More and more of her appeared.
A young man, talking loudly and gesticulating wildly, weaved his way through the crowd as more talkers and texters passed by in every direction. Not one appeared to be aware of their surroundings because they were too absorbed in their addiction to the electronic device in their hands. I imagined being in a movie like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” As the camera moves up and away from the scene, it looks down revealing a lone, conscious figure without a cell phone, surrounded by drones that are unaware of their surroundings and swarming intently under the control of the hive. (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile,
Sprint, Cricket) Etiquette, or manners, used to be fundamental lessons that were taught to all children by their parents and teachers in school. Words like “please” were used when you wanted something. “Thank you” when it was received and “Excuse me,” for when you accidentally bumped into someone or wanted to get past them. Now those manners and the discipline needed to maintain them seem to be disappearing. They are being discarded by our society because no one has respect for anyone else except their close friends and peers that they deem to be equals. Anyone not in that
immediate circle is regarded with disdain and unworthy of respect. This same lack of respect can be found on our roads and highways as morons on cell phones still sit at intersections after the light has turned green for them while they continue to talk on the phone. They also weave dangerously back and forth into other lanes of traffic often at speeds greater than the limit, or drastically under it. And speaking of turning – rarely is the polite and SAFE turn signal used any longer. People on cell phones are using their free hand to hold the device to their ear to talk while driving and it is impossible to use a turn signal without a third hand;
IF they cared enough to let you know their intentions. According to The National Safety Council, it estimates at least 28% of all traffic crashes – or at least 1.6 million crashes each year – involve drivers using cell phones and texting. NSC estimates that 1.4 million crashes each year involve drivers using cell phones and a minimum of 200,000 additional crashes each year involve drivers who are texting. It is time to outlaw driving and cell phones. Maybe even walking and talking too. Just hang up!
-John McEvoy, Metro senior
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Films call attention to female veterans Nathalia Vélez nvelez@mscd.edu To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Denver Film Society took a six-day trip around the world, to the past and back. The Women+Film VOICES Film Festival featured movies by and about women, ranging from new documentaries like “Saving Face,” to classic feature films like “Scarlet Letter.” It was held at the Denver Film Center on East Colfax March 6-11. “Our mission for the festival is to help bring attention to women’s issues locally and globally and to celebrate inspirational stories from around the world,” said Tammy Richards Brislin, producing director for the festival. The films covered a wide range of topics, like the life of John F. Kennedy’s widow in the documentary “Ethel,” a female soccer team in Tanzania in “Twiga Stars” and acid attacks on Pakistani women in “Saving Face.” The most controversial issue the festival addressed was the experiences of American female veterans. The Academy Award nominated documentary “Poster Girl,” directed and financed by Sara Nesson, follows the struggles of former Army Sgt. Robynn Murray. Murray joined the army when she was 19. Her recruiter told her she would be helping people, but she ended up working as a machine gunner in Iraq. “My fingers have been on the trigger of a gun pointed at another human being,” Murray said in the film.
assault in the military. Murray was featured on “The issues are only the cover of Army magazine controversial because we with two other female soldon’t want to acknowledge diers while she was in Iraq. that these things happen, In the film, Murray said she i.e. rape in the military, was indoctrinated to think honor killings, etc.,” said of the Iraqi population as Joanna Snawder, associate “less than human.” director of Metro’s InstiWhen she returned tute for Women’s Studies from combat, Murray was a and Services, which was a changed person. She began sponsor of the festival. “If drinking heavily and had we acknowledge that they frequent emotional breakhappen, then we have to downs. The things that she examine sexism, patriarchy, saw and did in Iraq haunted misogyny, etc.” her. Many of the women “I knew there was and men in the film had something wrong,” Murray a similar story. They were said. “I just couldn’t put my sexually assaulted, their finger on it.” cases went unsolved and She was diagnosed they had to also deal with with post-traumatic stress physical injuries afterward. disorder. Many of the veterans talked The movie follows her about dealing with thoughts struggle to try to get disPhoto courtesy of Portrayal Films of suicide and their spouses ability pay from Veterans and parents showed their suffering Affairs, and to dispel some of group of veterans with PTSD who as well. her emotional pain through art created the Combat Paper Project. After the film, a panel disand poetry. Those in the project shred their old cussed the three films that “Of course every one’s experiuniforms and convert them into ence is unique, and how it affects paper for art projects. The everyone is unique,” said Kelly veterans said this practice Dougherty, administrative assiswas therapeutic. tant at Metro’s journalism depart“‘Iraq Paper Scisment, Iraq veteran and speaker at sors’ is a hopeful film of one of the festival’s Salon Series veterans who are dealing discussions. “But I do think that with all this pain and all there is a lot in Robynn’s experithis trauma and are able ence as a veteran and what she to take that and transdeals with coming home that a lot forming it through an act of veterans can relate to — men of creation,” Dougherty and women.” said. Nesson met Murray while The Mystery Screenworking on another documening on the last day of the tary, “Iraq, Paper, Scissors,” which festival was “The Invisible screened after “Poster Girl.” War,” a documentary that “Iraq, Paper,Scissors” is about a tackles the issue of sexual Photo courtesy of Portrayal Films
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highlighted military and veteran’s issues. Dougherty was part of the panel and shared her experience as a female veteran. “People think of the military as this isolated culture onto itself where it’s hyper-masculine, it’s violent, and that’s true, but it’s just a reflection of our society,” Dougherty said. “When we talk about stopping sexual assault in the military, we have to have the conversation of stopping sexual assault in our society as a whole.” Brislin said she hopes she created an environment for people to connect and be inspired to go out and do something. “If it weren’t for film festivals, we would never see many of these films,” Brislin said. “It is very important for me to create a sense of community and camaraderie, that our voices can make a difference.” Additional reporting by Caitlin Sievers.
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Metro’s Hospitality, Tourism and Events department held a food and wine fundraiser March 10 at Cook Street School of Culinary Arts. About 70 people, mostly students involved in wine classes on campus, attended the event to raise money for the HTE department. When guests arrived, they were given a glass of Prosecco wine to sip while they found their assigned seats. The appetizer was Vitello Tonnato, Grissini or a breadstick with veal and tuna sauce. All of the wine, except for the Prosecco, was donated by Michelle Cleveland, the vintner of Colorado’s own Creekside Cellars, in Evergreen. Cleveland addressed the guests before the dinner began with a warm welcome, along with Colorado wine trivia. She strongly encouraged the guests to pair the
correct wine with each entree. “I am proud to say that I am a Colorado winemaker,” Cleveland said. “Creekside Cellars works hand-in-hand with Cook Street Culinary School and Metro State and that’s why I thought that this would be a perfect fit. We have spent a lot of time working on the pairings and it enhances [the chef’s] wonderful food, and it enhances my wonderful wine.” This Fall Cleveland will be teaching a class in enology, which is the study of wine and winemaking, along with Metro wine instructor Cynthia Onken-Glimm. The kitchen was run by Peter Ryan, executive chef instructor, and Dale Eiden, chef instructor, both at Cook Street. The menu brought guests along on a journey through Northern Italy. “Good cause, good wine, good food, and good company,” Ryan said before he walked the guests through each course. The guests had a six-course
meal, each course with a wine pairing. The dinner was buffet-style and the line meandered around the buffet table, but moved quickly and efficiently as chefs and student volunteers served the guests. Kurt Mayo, a wine instructor at Metro and the wine manager and buyer for Total Beverage liquor stores, thinks events like this are important for people to practice their wine tasting skills. “When you are looking to advance your knowledge of wine, any time that you can be in practice, meaning tasting wines, especially tasting wines against each other and tasting with foods — that’s it, that’s the biggie,” Mayo said. Metro sophomore Kyle Soustek has a lot of wine and food experience, but volunteered at the event to help show students proper dining etiquette. He is passionate about wine and the wine program. “The wine program is awesome. The best part about it is every one of the professors is very dedicated to what they do, and they love what they do,” Soustek said. Soustek’s duties included pouring wine, bussing tables, and lending a helping hand in any way that he could. After hours of eating and drinking, the crowd was
Chef Peter Ryan steps in to help pour wine at Cook Street School of Culinary Arts March 10 in Denver. Photos by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu
laughing loudly and the white linen tablecloths had droplets of wine on them. The last course was Tiramasu paired with Moscato Anancio. Cleveland said she thinks that exposing students to this type of atmosphere will only strengthen
their skills and knowledge of wine. “I just feel that there is so much to learn about wine and this is a great way to get into it because wine is all about food,” Cleveland said. “You have to do them together in order to understand not only the food, but also the wine.”
Josh Feimblum pours a glass of chardonnay during an event at Cook Street School of Culinary Arts in Denver. Creekside Cellars, a winery in Evergreen, donated the wine for the evening.
The Reel Deal: ‘John Carter’ aims for Mars, falls short
Steve Guntli sguntli@mscd.edu
“John Carter” is not destined to be one of the greats of science fiction. It lacks the big ideas and social relevance of a film like “Blade Runner,” and its best moments feel like they were cobbled together from a half-dozen different, better sources, from “Avatar” to “Star Wars” to “Dark City.” However, the imagery is so impressive, and the narrative so tightly focused, that “John Carter” ends up being a surprisingly engaging (if ultimately unsubstantial) sci-fi epic. Based on the pulp novels“John Carter of Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the film begins with pugnacious Civil War captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) being magically transported to Mars by a mystical medallion. Once there, he discovers that the planet’s lower gravity makes him supernaturally
strong and lets him leap higher than a tall building in a single bound. He encounters the four-armed, green-skinned Tharks, a violent native race lead by the wise Tars Tarkas (voiced by Willem Dafoe). Meanwhile, a comely human princess named Dejah (Lynn Collins) is about to wed to the despotic Sab (Dominic West), hoping that their union will save her native city from destruction. That’s a very brief synopsis, since there’s a lot going on in “John Carter,” but it’s impressive how director Andrew Stanton and his screenwriters — including Pulitzer-winning novelist Michael Chabon — keep things flowing coherently from moment to moment. Unlike so many other wannabe epic franchises, I never felt like I was drowning in mythology, and it strikes a nice balance between exposition and action. The
action, incidentally, is exciting and creative, thanks largely to Carter’s gravity-defying leaps and freakish strength. Of course, much of the press surrounding “John Carter” has focused on its massive production budget, with some analysts speculating that it may be the most expensive movie ever made. Whether it is or not, you can certainly see the money on screen. “John Carter” is gorgeous, with convincing alien creatures and a striking visual style. Combining elements of steampunk, Native American tribal art and Middle Eastern décor, the film doesn’t look like anything else. Mars, however, frequently looks like Arizona, but hey, what’re you gonna do? The weakest elements on display are, sadly, the human elements. Kitsch certainly looks the part of a pulp hero, and one could argue that he meets the bare mini-
mum requirements of action heroism with his gruff, monotonous phrases, but the film could have benefitted greatly from a touch of personality. Anyone familiar with his performance in the TV show “Friday Night Lights” could tell you that he’s capable of so much more than what he brings to this role. The same criticism can be applied to Collins, but she does pull off an impressively convincing British accent for a native Texan. Why a martian princess speaks with a British accent is a topic for another day. Those looking for a richer film-going experience than the capable popcorn thrills that “John Carter” provides will find themselves feeling a little disap- Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures pointed. You can feel greatness somely made and entertaining. bubbling beneath the surface in its That’s more than most of its peers most exhilarating moments, but it can claim, so that’ll have to be never truly realizes its potential. As enough. it stands, “John Carter” is hand-
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Skiers feel chills, thrills at Cold Rush Chistopher Morgan cmorga37@mscd.edu
Helicopters blazed overhead minutes after a large avalanche took out substantial parts of the skiable area during Red Bull’s Cold Rush event in Silverton. Skiers from around the world gathered for big mountain, slopestyle, and cliff competitions March 5-8. Lined along the edges of a towering lip of snow, athletes looked like raisins amongst the rigor mortis of the rocks below them. “I think we were pretty fortunate given the conditions with all the avalanches that have come down and somewhat ruined the venue in certain parts,” contestant Wiley Miller said. Miller paused to watch as a friend narrowly missed a collision with a rock, lurching down the steep crevices. “There’s definitely enough terrain to have a contest.” At the base, riders exchanged nervous energy Despite an unexpected avalanche, within two hours contestants were dropping in on the big mountain venue from the 13,000-foot peaks of Silverton Mountain. Resting in a fold-out chair and cradling crutches beneath an awning full of contestants, Grete Eliassen looked up with a squint. A torn ACL sustained earlier in the season left her a spectator to the event she won last year. “Having a contest like Cold
he said. “It’s like a sought-after won a Red Bull contest, complete Rush, which is so innovative and position to come to Red Bull Cold with helicopter and snow cat rides. new, that’s what my skiing is all Rush.” His smile gleamed with growing about. It’s fun,” Eliassen said. Dane Tudor and Rachael Burks Disappearing amidst the mam- appreciation as he soaked up his won the men’s and women’s comsurroundings. moth cornices, skiers appeared to petitions, respectively. NBC will “It gets expensive to go up to pop out of thin air, carving their air the Cineplex footage captured the hills anymore,” Quinby said way down to the belly of the bowl. by three separate helicopters 1 p.m. Fujas was pleased with the “It’s a pretty tough process ET March 24. Voting for best all event. because we don’t know how good around backcountry skier is open “You know, it gives me a lot of everybody is,” said venue designer to the public. You can vote on-line pride and joy to put together an Pep Fujas, who helped handpick event that riders can be stoked on,” by scanning this code. who participated. “The three disciplines were to find the best skier, find the best guy who can go out there and ski a big mountain line and then go into the park and hit some big jumps, do some cool tricks.” A recent injury allowed Fujas to participate behind the scenes, constructing the jumps for four weeks with an 18-person crew. “Some of these guys are kind of shoe-ins, like they ride for Red Bull,” Fujas said. “Or like Sean Pedit, everyone knows that he’s the best rider, one of the best riders in the world.” Todd Quinby, who graduated from Metro in 1992, sat coolly bewildered against the mounds of snow guarding the entrance to the big mountain venue. One Tim Durtschi competes at the annual exclusive Red Bull Cold Rush event Feb. 6 in Silverton. Photo by Christopher Morgan • cmorga37@mscd.edu month earlier, Quinby Left: Wiley Miller scopes his lines with Collin Collins before dropping into the big mountian portion of Red Bull Cold Rush in Sliverton March 5. Photo by Ryan Borthick • rborthic@mscd.edu Right: A Silverton Ski Patroller braces against the rotor wash as a helicopter shuttles competitors up the mountain during the big mountain portion of Red Bull Cold Rush. Photo by Ryan Borthick • rborthic@mscd.edu Below: Michelle Parker hits the custom rail feature built for the annual exclusive Red Bull Cold Rush event on Feb 6 in SIlverton. Photo by Christopher Morgan • cmorga37@mscd.edu
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Beyond corned beef and green beer Kate Rigot krigot@mscd.edu
While I successfully avoided doing the expected sexy-food-forValentine’s-Day column, I suppose it’s inevitable that I give you some recipes for Irish food in time for St. Patrick’s Day. While I am a huge fan of corned beef, and it can be a cheap and relatively easy way to include some meat in your diet (especially with the sales this time of year), it’s important to note that corned beef and cabbage is not in fact the national dish of Ireland, even unofficially, according to Irish cookbook author Malachi McCormick. It’s true that it’s beginning to make a comeback with the surge in interest in brined foods, according to food writer Megan Steintrager, but there’s a lot more to Irish — and postmodern Irish diaspora — cooking than just this dish. I’ve collected a few recipes for Irish-type food that don’t usually take center stage, but are just as special and tasty, and a bit simpler
to make. If you insist on making corned beef though, skip the boiling that can tend to rubberize the meat, and instead look up a recipe for stout-roasted corned beef — I promise you won’t regret it.
Raisin Soda Bread
According to Irish chef Rory O’Connell, traditional Irish soda bread would have been baked in a skillet and would have consisted of only flour, baking soda, buttermilk, and salt. This version here, with it’s higher-end ingredients like butter, sugar, eggs, and raisins, would have been prepared only for special occasions, and has been adopted by many Irish-Americans and become popular in this country. Don’t just save it for St. Patrick’s Day, though. Soda bread is one of those foods that is surprisingly extraordinarily good given its underwhelming ingredients, and deserves to be savored at special and not-so-special occasions all year long. 5 cups white flour ½ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar 1 T. baking powder 1 ½ tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda
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plate (not the aluminum kind), or 6 T. (3/4 stick) butter at room even a 9X9-in. square pan if you temperature don’t have an oven-proof skillet. 2 cups chopped raisins, or currants Old-world Cabbage 2 ½ cups buttermilk Soup 1 egg This thick, rich, flavorful soup 1. Whisk or sift together dry is a far cry from the watery style ingredients. of the proverbial cabbage-soup2. Cut butter into cubes and for-diets. This may be more of a rub into mixture with fingers until general European-style soup than it resembles large crumbs. Stir in a specifically Irish soup, but it’s a raisins or currants. great, hearty use for the cabbage 3. Beat egg in a separate bowl and whisk in buttermilk. Pour into that tends to go on sale this time of year. the dry ingredient mixture and 2 – 4 slices bacon stir with a spoon until thoroughly 1 medium onion, chopped blended (this will form a very wet, ¾ lb. cabbage, chopped fine sticky dough). 1 large potato, chopped or 4. Rub butter all over the inside grated of a 10- to 12-inch cast-iron skillet 1 carrot, chopped or grated or other ovenproof skillet. Put 1 clove garlic, minced (opt.) dough in skillet and pat so that it 2 cups chicken or vegetable fits snugly and has a rounded top. broth, or water Using a serrated knife, cut an X ¼ cup hard apple cider, beer, across the top of the dough. white wine, or 1 T. apple cider 5. Bake in a preheated 350º vinegar oven for about 1 hour and 20 1 bay leaf (opt.) minutes, until a knife inserted in DENVER ½ tsp. caraway seeds (opt.) center (not where the X is) comes 1 cup whole milk or half-andout clean). half 6. Let cool in the skillet for 10 1 T. dill weed minutes before turning out onto a salt and pepper rack. Serve warm or at room tem1. Cook bacon in a heavy perature, slathered in butter. saucepan. Remove slices when *You can bake this in a pie
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done and somewhat crisp; set aside, but leave bacon grease in pan. 2. Add onion and potato to pan while grease is still hot, and sauté until softened. Add cabbage and continue sautéing until vegetables are starting to brown. 3. Add carrot, garlic, broth or water, hard cider, bay leaf, and caraway seeds. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered until vegetables are tender, about 30 – 40 min. 4. At this point, you can take out half of the soup and puree it in a blender before returning it to the pot, but you can just as easily leave it as is. 5. Stir in milk and dill weed and simmer uncovered for about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve with crusty rye bread or Irish soda bread.
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Positivity pays for Xpensive Taste Josh Gaines • jgaines8@mscd.edu The first thing that Abe “The President” Gallegos said to the crowd at Pisco Sour Restaurant and Lounge this past February was, ““Free Patrón shots for everyone who’s drinking tonight.” Joined by his brother, Ben “Benny Frank,” Xpensive Taste proceeded to bring the energy of Los Angeles and Las Vegas to Denver, the place they once called home. Although the nightlife of Las Vegas inspires the duo’s rich beats, the Latino culture of Los Angeles keeps the brothers’ music prideful. In many ways, the brothers’ music marks the future of Latino hip-hop with an infectious hip-hop and hard dub sound. “For the most part, I write the lyrics and he does the beats, so it’s 50-50,” Ben said, “[It’s] all original music, we don’t sample anything at all, we just try to make the bestsounding music, that uplifts people and gets people going.” Because the duo has performed in plenty of places, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Diego, the brothers are well-known from the West Coast all the way to the Southwest. According to Ben, musicians need a wide range of exposure. “We represent America and hip-hop in general, but since we are Latinos we are also trying to bring the Latino hip-hop to another level,” Ben said. So far, Xpensive Taste has gained more than 2,000 online followers and, with all of the duo’s fandom, Low Rider Magazine has invited them to be a part of the March 31, 2012 Low Rider Supershow in Mesa,
Arizona. Xpensive Taste has also been gaining a more lasting profile elsewhere in the Latino scene. For instance, both brothers were lucky enough to attend the November 2011 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas. After attending the award ceremony, the brothers are considerable trendsetters and both of them want to utilize their growing fame to encourage youths to make positive choices. The brothers are co-founders and key spokesmen for P.A.C.E. and its “Striver Movement,” an anti-bullying campaign started by the brothers in Los Angeles. P.A.C.E. stands for Promoting Academics through Creative Expression. “This year’s tour was about anti-bullying and we traveled around to schools, to talk to kids,” Abe said. “Bullying is a big problem in the U.S. right now, especially with the Internet and cyberbullying.” While the message of anti-bullying will stick with youths, the brothers also want kids to be “strivers.” “Our motto is ‘strive for the best and never settle for less,’” Ben said. “It doesn’t mean ‘success and nothing less,’ it means try to follow your dreams and conquer your goals in life.” While Xpensive Taste is definitely moving toward the top of Latino music charts, P.A.C.E., as well as the “Striver Movement,” help the brothers consistently broadcast a positive message to anyone. It’s not some expensive, overly economic proposition, it’s just in good taste.
Latino rap duo, Xpensive Taste, would rather boast positive messages than rep big bling. Photo courtesy of Xpensive Taste
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The Joy Formidable 9 p.m., March 17 @ Bluebird Theater, $22
In 2007, Ritzy Bryan and Rhydian Dafydd decided to form The Joy Formidable in their Welsh hometown of Mold. Inspired by bands like My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain, the duo began coming up with plenty of ethereal, shoegazing hooks. After adding a drummer and playing around Wales, the trio quickly perfected their live show and started playing all over the world, only to get signed to Atlantic Records by 2011. Unlike their last stop through Denver, the trio will not be playing a smaller venues. As their backstory entails, the trio is quick to graduate from the small clubs and start playing bigger stages whether here or abroad.
Ian Gassman • igassman@mscd.edu
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros 8 p.m., March 21 @ Ogden Theatre, $32.50
Boasting a semi-psychedelic, neo-hippie sort of sound, this nearly 11-person band mixes the classic pop sounds of The Beatles with the same gimmicky aesthetic of other multi-member bands. Frankly, the more people you have up on stage, the better your music must be. No matter what, this band puts on an energetic live show filled with fun theatrics and catchy choruses. Of course they can’t compare to The Arcade Fire or, say, The Polyphonic Spree’s zany aesthetic, but if Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ retro recordings can’t hook listeners in, the band’s memorable performances will do the trick.
Ian Gassman • igassman@mscd.edu
We Were Promised Jetpacks 9 p.m., March 19 @ Hi-Dive, $15
After a short stint at South by Southwest, the Scotland-based indie quartet We Were Promised Jetpacks will bring their infectious anthems to Denver’s Hi-Dive. And, although the band might be a little tuckered out after driving so far north, the HiDive will likely have trouble holding in frontman Adam Thompson’s swirling, emotive songwriting. Thompson, who cites influences like fellow Scottish indie band Frightened Rabbit and other such revel-rockers, is a true showman. During every song, he screams out loud with pride. But his thick Scottish accent still translates alongside a bed of frenetic guitar textures and gritty hooks. Yes, this band’s sound is meant to cross oceans. Moreover, it needs to be heard live.
Lucero 7 p.m., March 30-31 @ Bluebird Theater, $25
Daniel Laverty • dlaverty@mscd.edu The title of Lucero’s brand new album, Women & Work, must define what this Memphis-based quartet loves. Beyond getting women, these country boys work hard to maintain a steady album cycle by releasing a new record every three years. And, they’ve acquired a dedicated, even loving, fanbase by touring consistently throughout the years. In fact, Lucero’s raucous, downhome live shows are what keep fans coming back for more. So, even if Lucero’s new album is somehow subpar, listeners can still expect a wonderful live display of the band’s signature alt-country sounds.
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In our continuing feature, The Metropolitan will be highlighting different music festivals taking place throughout the year. From Snowball to Coachella and Sasquatch, we will be giving you the low-down on the line-ups, as well as any hometown bands that are taking the stage. This week, we present South by Southwest, one of the biggest music festivals in the United States. Wesley Reyna • wreyna1@mscd.edu
During SXSW, the streets of Austin, TX are alive with the sound of music and rowdy fans. Photo courtesy of South by Southwest
Every year since 1992, bands, managers, label executives, bloggers and plenty of die-hard fans descend on Austin, TX for SXSW — the only difference is that this year’s festival is even bigger. Yes, 2012 marks South by Southwest’s twentieth birthday, and a huge roster with more than 5,000 official events, along with countless after-parties and house shows. With this in mind, South by Southwest isn’t a typical music festival. It’s more like an annual gathering of some musically minded super-community.
Since South by Southwest started, it has drawn a veritable “who’s who” of up-andcoming bands, as well as some of the greatest independent artists. Basically, it allows famous and established musicians to bask in the spotlight for a whole week, while rubbing elbows with future talent. This year, Denver will be represented well by a strong mix of local artists, including BLKHRTS, Flashlights, Gauntlet Hair, ManCub, A. Tom Collins, The Chain Gang Of 1974 and Wheelchair Sports Camp, among others. And, seeing that both bands
signed to major labels this past year, Gauntlet Hair and The Chain Gang of 1974 will receive some major coverage. Los Angeles-based horror-core rappers, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, were the media darlings of South by Southwest last year, but this year’s “newcomer” title still seems up in the air, much like the direction of the festival itself. Like the CMJ showcase in New York, South by Southwest started as a hyped-up, underground festival for what was new and hot in music. And, while South by Southwest is still a hype machine, it has certainly grown into a less-independent event. Instead, huge names like Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen and Kanye West can be found playing
the main stages, thus making it harder for the little guys to get noticed in the sea of buzz. At the same time, South by Southwest remains one of the few events where a talented artist can just show up, do what they do and end up jumpstarting their career. The musical side of the festival, which runs from March 13 to 18, comprises just one of three branches of the festival, which also showcases interactive media and fi lm. The latter two start on March 9 and run until March 13 and 17.
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Men’s basketball team advances to the Elite 8 Angelita Foster amayer1@mscd.edu Metro’s men’s basketball beat the top-ranked Colorado School of Mines 73-64 for the Central Region championship title March 13 at Lockridge Arena in Golden. The Roadrunners lost to the Miners twice this season, but the third match-up ended different. “We lost to the Mines twice,” Metro State head coach Derrick Clark said. “They are a great team, but we got to the third game and that didn’t matter.” After beating Adams State College and St. Cloud State University in the first and second rounds of the tournament, Metro (25-6) drew RMAC rival and No. 1 in the nation CSM (29-3) for the right to play in the Elite Eight. The Roadrunners came out aggressively. Metro junior guard Demetrius Miller started a 13-0 run for Metro with a 3-point shot 90 seconds into the game. That got Metro State fans on their feet. There were over three thousand fans in the stands, most of them Orediggers, but that didn’t matter to Miller. “I like to see big crowds,” Miller said. “It gives me momentum.” And the points just kept coming. Senior guard Reggie Evans had six and junior center Jonathan Morse had four to finish the run. On defense, the Roadrunners came out playing zone, a tactic which the Miners had trouble penetrating. “We know that defense creates offense and that’s what we did,” Evans said. Evans had 14 points, including 4-of-8 from the line, five rebounds, and one assist in the first half. Miner guard Brian Muller made two from the line to put his team on the board with 14:23 left in the first half. The Miners rallied back and briefly took the lead, 2625, with 2:14 left after a 3-pointer from Miner guard Brett Green. The Roadrunners would respond though, and led 32-26 at the half. Metro started the second half with foul-trouble. Morse and freshman center Nicholas Kay had two each and the ’Runners had to rely on their bench. Senior forward Paul Brotherson played 23 minutes to prolong the inevitable, but Morse would foul out with 3:34 left. Kay fouled out with 3:22
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Metro redshirt freshman guard Mitch McCarron, freshman forward DeShawn Phenix, junior guard Tyler Cooper, senior forward Paul Brotherson and assistant coach Michael Bahl cheer during the final minutes of the Central Region Championship game against No. 1 Colorado School of Mines March 13 at Lockridge Arena in Golden. The Roadrunners upset the Orediggers 73-64 and advanced to the Elite Eight in Highland Heights, Kentucky. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu
left, and Brotherson followed his teammates to the bench at the 2:07 mark. “That’s why we started off the way we did, to get ahead,” Clark said. “That’s why you have guys on the bench, somebody’s got to step up.” The Roadrunners’ next opportunity to step up will come March 21 in Highland Heights, Kentucky. There, Metro will face the University of Montevallo. The Falcons, ranked No. 22 in the nation, won the Southeast region in order to make it to Kentucky. The ’Runners are now three games away from claiming their first national title since 2005, and Clark believes he knows how to get there. “First of all, we are going to keep our motto ‘play to win,’” Clark said. “Then we are going to keep our routine the same. We are going to do what we do, but do it a little smarter.”
-Additional reporting by Ben Bruskin
’Runners season •27-4 record on the season •Ranked No. 7 in D-II •Currently holds school record for 18 consecutive home wins, a streak which dates back to Feb. 19, 2010 •Led the nation in rebounding margin at 14.8 per game
MetOnline Visit www.metnews.org/sports to keep up with all of the latest news as Metro makes its way through the D-II tournament in search of a national title.
Metro’s women’s basketball team finished their season with a loss to Wayne State March 12 in Wayne, Nebraska. The 50-36 loss in the Central Region final solidified Metro’s record at 27-4 on the season. Senior center Caley Dow and senior guard Jasmine Cervantes both made the all-tournament team for their efforts in the three games the Roadrunners played in the tournament. Prior to the match-up with Wayne, the ’Runners defeated Minnesota Duluth 58-47 and RMAC rival Ft. Lewis 60-42. The ’Runners shot a dismal 25.5 percent from the field in the championship game, including 3-16 from 3-point land. “We gave a great defensive effort,” head coach Tanya Haave said after the loss to Wayne. “[We] just couldn’t get it done offensively.” Freshman guard Jenessa Burke led all ’Runners in scoring with 10 points off the bench. With the loss, four Roadrunners ended their NCAA career: Seniors guard Alyssa Benson and guard Candice Kohn, along with Cervantes and Dow, will not return next season.
Metro junior guard Demetrius Miller, left, finishes a lay up against St. Cloud State University senior guard Brett Putz and freshman forward Connor Niehaus during a second round game of the NCAA D-II men’s basketball tournament March 11. Miller scored a career-high 24 points in Metro’s 76-64 win at Lockridge Arena in Golden. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu
•This season was the first time in history Metro had two players make the all-region team: Seniors center Caley Dow and guard Jasmine Cervantes both made 2nd team all-region
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TimeOut This
Week 3.15
3.18 Chance
6 p.m. 900 Santa Fe Drive
Last day of the photography exhibition by Terri Bell at tbellphotographic. Free
3.19
Denver Nuggets vs. Dal8th Annual Paper Fashion las Mavericks 8:30 p.m. Show 6 p.m. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
The Art Directors Club of Denver Paper Fashion Show will host 50+ vivid dresses created entirely out of paper. Starting at $35
3.16
Irish Snug’s 6th Annual Hooley Across 1- Beer buy 5- Org. 10- Thick slice 14- Literary work 15- Birth-related 16- Circle at bottom, point at top 17- Mixture that has been homogenized 19- Feminine suffix 20- Sun Devils’ sch. 21- From the U.S. 22- Armed guard 24- Kathmandu resident 26- Taylor of “Mystic Pizza” 27- Largest ocean 33- Disconcert 36- Charged 37- ___ kwon do 38- Network of nerves 39- Standard for comparison 40- Metallica drummer Ulrich
41- ___ Schwarz 42- More delicate 43- Quotes 44- The act of superseding 47- Interpret 48- Contrive 52- Sterile 55- Enervates 57- “Treasure Island” monogram 58- Black-and-white treat 59- Inflammation of the skin 62- Actor Epps 63- Chopper topper 64- Pro or con 65- Cookbook amts. 66- Brewer’s need 67- Hammer end
Down 1- “Over There” composer 2- Strike ___ 3- Add together 4- That, in Tijuana 5- Weak 6- All there 7- Celestial body 8- Bran source 9- Pertaining to an office 10- Attractive route 11- Protracted 12- Actress Heche 13- Ale, e.g. 18- Australian cockatoo 23- Bunches 25- Basilica area 26- Passenger ships 28- Decreased? 29- Loses color 30- Coup d’___ 31- Bern’s river 32- Capone’s nemesis 33- Pound sounds
34- Boyfriend 35- At the apex of 39- Hostility toward men 40- Waterfall 42- At liberty 43- Seashore 45- Mistakes 46- Disclose 49- Bandleader Shaw 50- Move effortlessly 51- Ruhr city 52- Rubber overshoe 53- Upper limbs, weapons 54- Gather, harvest 55- Mex. miss 56- Author Oz 60- Fair-hiring abbr. 61- AOL, e.g.
Texts From Last Night For the first time ever I’ll be using my lunch break to pass out cold on my desk. We’ve gotta stop having these late night drinking things on Sundays There’s a man in a pumpkin/reaper outfit advertising a new head shop outside the Taco Bell. I love this town. Note to self: last nights makeup does NOT, under ANY circumstances, look good today.
11 a.m. – 2 a.m. 1201 East Colfax Avenue
An outdoor tent will be set up on the premises for March 16 and 17. The Snug features Irish food, Irish stepdancing and bar service for the hooley. Free
3.17 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Pepsi Center Starting at $10
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Colorado Avalanche vs. Calgary Flames 7 p.m. Pepsi Center Starting at $18
First Day of Spring
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros 8 p.m. Ogden Theater $32.50
10 a.m. Between Speer Boulevard, 20th Street, Wewatta Street and the alley between Market and Larimer Streets Free
My Life Is Average
Today in History 3.15
So for my job my boss decided that we would prank his boss by planting a urinal in his yard with dallas cowboys stuff all over it. Needless to say it was great because not only did I get paid to do that, but I work at a church. MLIA
1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New World.
Today I was with my grandmother, we parked in front of a Target. When we got back, someone had left us a note on the windshield. It said: Jesus called, He wants you to learn how to park. OurLIA Today my mom who complains that I never clean, asked me why I can’t be more llike Kreacher or Dobby. I responded by informing her that I was a free elf! Leaving her speechless. MLIA
1820 - Maine is admitted as the 23rd state.
1903 - The British complete the conquest of Nigeria. 1944 - Cassino, Italy is destroyed by Allied bombing. 1960 - Ten nations meet in Geneva to discuss disarmament. 1968 - The U.S. Mint halts the practice of buying and selling gold. Source: http://www.historynet.com