Volume 34, Issue 29 - April 12, 2012

April 12, 2012

Volume 34, Issue 29

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LGBT frat to join Metro Fraternity allows non-students to join • story on page 9

Culinary courses are food for thought

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Metro senior Jacklyn Bui (left) prepares meatloaf that her group cooked for Metro’s Student Luncheon series April 5. Metro seniors Nicole Ferreyros (center) and Crystal Fulmer (right) prepare the plate toppers.

The luncheon series serves Metro students in the Plaza Building every Thursday until the end of the semester. The $12 lunch is open to Metro students, faculty and staff.

Photo by Jessica Cuneo • jcuneo2@mscd.edu

MetNews SGA briefs, Altum trial continues • 3

MetroSpective Proper Barber keeps haircuts classic • 9

MetSports Metro senior dominates pitching and hitting • 12

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Metro launches university-level research conference

More than 160 students showcase projects from more than 30 departments Megan Mitchell mmitch46@mscd.edu Metro’s name change is freshening the inspiration of its academic departments. As a result, a new program for university-level undergraduate research is about to debut at Auraria.

After months of training and years of waiting, the first undergraduate research conference for Metro will take place April 20 in several locations throughout North Classroom and North Atrium. The conference will showcase the dedication and commitment of more than 160 Metro students from more than 30 different departments and disciplines.

“We know Metro students are very heavily involved in research, but would they want to share it,” Andrew Bonham, Metro professor of chemistry said. “We were blown

away by the participation rate.”

The conference is free to attend and open to the public. It begins at 9 a.m. and concludes with an award ceremony in Tivoli Turnhalle at 4 p.m. Metro President Stephen Jordan will award grants to the winning presentations from three categories: President’s award (three winners), Provosts’s award (three winners) and the One World, One Water award (one winner).

“As Metro Metro seniors Stephen O’Horo, left, and Matthew Arellano becomes more acameasure how Cherry Creek responds to precipitation demically focused on events, specifically rain and snow. Photo courtesy of research and granting Thomas Davinroy.

students research opportunities as a tool to get a job, it’s been raised that we have a whole lot of students who already are participating in the research process,” Bonham said. “This conference is providing a forum where they can share the fruits of that labor back to the college.”

Since it began, Metro has had no formal organization of undergraduate student research beyond sparse, individual events held by various departments like Earth and atmospheric sciences and psychology.

Metro’s faculty individually chose to include their students in their own research projects because they cared for them and their futures and understood the importance of hands-on training, according to Metro land use professor and undergraduate research program faculty associate Thomas

Davinroy.

“Four-year colleges didn’t traditionally include research as part of the curriculum; universities were the centers where research was conducted,” Davinroy said.

“But that wasn’t the case here at Metro. Faculty took it upon themselves by their own initiative to conduct research and to include their students in those research projects.”

The conference’s deadline for abstract proposals passed April 9.

Currently, there are more than 160 presentations that are either lectures or poster board displays. Approximately 53 presentations are in the natural sciences, 62 in the social sciences, 6 submissions in art, 10 in humanities, 14 in Education and more in specialized fields, business, and other disciplines.

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Student Government Assembly briefs Brad Roudebush wroudebu@mscd.edu

Altum Trial

Student Government Assembly Sens. Jeffery Washington and Scott Hirsbrunner filed charges against President Jesse Altum alleging he inappropriately appointed Laura Noe to the position of Student Organization Ambassador in September 2011.

Noe serves as a paid administrative assistant for the SGA office.

She is not being paid for the extra work she is doing as a student organization ambassador.

According to Washington and Hirsbrunner, Altum appointed Noe to a position she was not hired to, and the senate did not approve the appointment.

The second day of trial will begin proceedings April 11 at 2:30 p.m., after publication of this issue, in the Barrensen Ballroom in Tivoli.

Budget Update

Metro Assistant Budget Director Cipriana Patterson released an official statement on the SGA’s budget situation April 12.

The SGA won’t receive any money from the Student Affairs Board to cover the deficit it will incur over the remaining weeks of the SGA term. However, Metro’s administration will step in and provide funds to cover the shortfall using funds from an institutional reserve.

“They have agreed to cut costs to only include those that are absolutely necessary for operating,” Patterson wrote in Student Government Assembly President Jesse Altum looks through documents as he prepares for the statement. “Based questioning by the student court at the March 28 trial. on this plan, the VP of Photo by Jessica Wacker • jwacker1@mscd.edu Administration and that reads “Elections.”

Finance has [been] There are six students running Student healthcare charges approved to work with the SGA on three executive tickets — presiwill again be included on students’ to cover their deficit from Institudent and vice president. Three tuition and fees after the Board of tional Reserve.” students are running for Student Trustees convened April 5.

Trustee, one is running for Student Veterans reported problems Advisory Committee to the Aurawith the VA not paying the manria Board and 11 are running for SGA elections for 2012-2013 datory student health insurance 10 vacant senate seats. begin April 16. because it was offered through a Make sure to grab a copy of This semester, students will third party. next week’s Metropolitan to read vote through their MetroConnect “This will insure that vets get more on all of your candidates. account. A new tag will appear their health insurance and not pay-

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ing out of pocket for it,” Student Trustee Jacob LaBure said.

The veterans who were unable to pay for their health coverage had holds placed on their accounts.

Also, because of the number of students who had not paid for their policies, the health care costs were driven up.

“Now that we voted to go back to the old way,” LaBure said. “It will save students money and make it easier to stay in compliance.”

The Board was also notified that Metro students will face a tuition increase of about 13 percent starting in the fall semester.

“It’s kind of bad news for students, but it’s better than it could have been,” LaBure said.

The reason the increase in tuition was not as much as some expected is because the state budget was not cut as much as originally discussed.

LaBure said the tuition increase will help Metro catch up to the other peer institutions in regards to salary and other education expenses.

The state also will be giving Metro, classified as an underfunded school, more money based on the school’s new enrollments.

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How your campus donations are spent Kelli Heitstuman-Tomko ktomko@mscd.edu

The world can be saved by a college campus. Just ask a canvasser.

Recent scandals surrounding the Central Asia Institute and Invisible Children concerning misspent funds, though, are enough to have even the most charitable student casting suspicious glances at the canvassers who frequent the campus. Can they — or their organizations — really be trusted?

There’s good news. The nonprofit organizations that are most visible on campus — Planned Parenthood, Save the Children and Greenpeace — all pass muster.

These organizations spend less than 30 percent of money donated to benefit their cause on administrative and other miscellaneous costs.

Does knowing where the money goes make a difference to the charitable? Would they withhold contributions if more is spent on administrative costs than on the actual program? Ryan Daley, a private banker with Wells Fargo says not so much.

are not the preferable choice, Auraria Higher Education Center has a list of organizations that are either associated with the school or use the campus grounds during fundraising, but are not out in plain sight every week.

• All non-profit organizations are required to file a form 990 with the IRS. This form lists all of an organization’s revenues and expenses and is available to the public.

Contributors expect UCD junior Olivia Bustillos, left, talks to Alex Hughes of Dialogue Direct on behalf of Children openness in the organiInternational about child adoption April 10 outside of the Auraria Library. zations they support, such Photo by Jessica Cuneo • jcuneo2@mscd.edu as posting financial rehow,” she said.

“Most people donate to what’s ports on charity websites.

Charities are expected to important to them regardless of the Websites like Guidestar.org will maintain a level of transparency, issues surrounding the charity,” offer the 990 to registered users. allowing donors to see annual Daley said.

• Not everyone is good with a reports and evidence of progress.

Metro senior Mallory Vining finance report. That’s what makes didn’t balk at the thought of giving For students who want to donate CharityNavigator.org such a great and would like to know more about website. CharityNavigator breaks to a charity that spent up to half not only how charities operate, but of its donations on administrative down the finances into percentages also what choice of organizations fees, since the charity was getting and rates a non-profit charity on they might have, there are a couple the money because of the canvasshow much of a donation actually of options: ers out asking for donations. goes to the people that it’s intended • If the most visible charities “They have to get paid somefor.

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According to Donavan Cordova, Denver Homeless Voice vendor director, vendors attend an orientation and get their first 10 papers free to sell for donations.

When a student puts money into the hands of a vendor, it belongs to that vendor, regardless of how much is given.

“Vendors buy their papers for 50 cents and sell them for a $2 donation,” Cordova said. “Or sometimes they get $5, or sometimes it’s $20. Whatever they get is theirs to keep.”

It is important to understand how organizations work before making a judgment about how they spend money. The Colorado Public Interest Research Group, or CoPIRG, spends 73 percent of their donations on administrative costs. But CoPIRG is a group that researches special interests and their abuses.

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Rockies’ Management: Stop lying to fans after Opening Day embarrassment Warm-up pitches: “...Sure, opening day is baseball’s bandwagon. Pundits and politicians and every prose poet on the continent jumps on board for a few days. But they’re soon gone... then, once more, all those long, slow months of baseball are left to us. And our time can begin again.”

-- Tom Boswell, from “Why Time Begins on Opening Day” (1984) “... Since baseball is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain forever young.”

--Roger Angell, from “The Interior Stadium” (1978) Part of Opening Day’s magic stems from the belief that spring and re-birth — heavy mythical themes since ancient times – mean all things are still possible. Every ball club enters April with endless possibilities; no matter how unrealistic. It usually takes only a few weeks for rude reality to rule otherwise.

For baseball fans, Opening Day’s magic should never get old. Even in Broncoscentric Denver. But the Colorado Rockies on the field and — more importantly — in the team’s front office, are making a mighty effort to snuff that magic well in advance of its springtime shelf life. The Rockies laid an egg on Opening Day, 2012. It wasn’t a day-late Easter egg and might have pointed to deeper problems that academics call “systemic.”

Rockies marketing hype hails 2012 as “The Year of the Fan,” a catchy slogan it must have taken a committee months to come up with and translates to higher ticket prices.

On Opening Day, fans showed up, but the Rockies didn’t and did nothing baseball lyricist Roger Angell spoke of while embarrassing themselves in front nearly 50,000.

The Rockies couldn’t keep hitting because they never started. They couldn’t keep non-existent rallies going and, rather than

remaining forever young, looked eerily old against Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants in a 7-0 loss that wasn’t nearly as close as the score suggested.

An Opening Day autopsy showed that the Rockies tallied just four hits, struck out way too often, committed sloppy fielding blunders and looked a good deal older than their starting lineup whose average age would never see 30 again.

The Rockies won their first 2012 game in Houston on Good Friday and haven’t won since. The Giants arrived in Denver without a win, at 0-3, but went ahead with a two-run homer by Pablo Sandoval before the game was five minutes old.

While the Rox’ starting and losing pitcher, Jhoulys Chacin, couldn’t find the strike zone with a map while walking a revolving door of batters, Giants’ veteran Barry Zito made Rockies batters look silly with off-speed pitches and got stronger in late innings, when it took less than ten pitches to retire the Rockies in order on two occasions. Zito needed just 110 pitches for a complete- game shutout at a time when complete games grow ever rarer in an age of middle relievers, “set-up men” and closer pitching specialists.

The Rockies have never been shut out in 20 home openers, with a record of 11-9.

Zito hasn’t hurled a shutout in the nine years since his Cy Young season, with the Oakland A’s in 2003.

Nobody is hitting the panic button so early in the season because expectations – hype notwithstanding – were never that high to begin with. Rockies general manager Dan O’Dowd hates to spend money and when he does, seldom gets quality. Other times, he gets the dross of “prospects” at his end of blockbuster trades. Dealin’ Dan, who usually gets outmaneuvered in baseball’s multi-million-dollar swap meets, promised a different “clubhouse culture” last winter. And owner Dick Monfort is convinced that the team can

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J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com regain fans’ confidence this season.

With what? The magic carpet ride to the World Series in 2007 and playoff run in 2009 are, for fans, fading memories. The Rockies have been “rebuilding,” for years and Dealin’ Dan’s mantra is stale. One feels badly for veterans like Todd Helton and Jason Giambi, who are links to happier days with the Rockies, A’s and Yankees and are now surrounded by a supporting cast that delivers middle-ofthe-pack mediocrity.

The Rockies front office needs to stop peeing on fans’ shoes while telling them it’s raining. Smarter trades that return value would be a good start. But management knows no greater effort is needed because simply opening Coors Field’s gates guarantees at least two million paying fans. After 20 seasons, fans should have grown mature enough to demand more.

Meanwhile, there are 158 games left to play and baseball, as John Updike once put it, “is a game of the long season, of relentless and gradual averaging-out.” Legendary Baltimore Orioles’ manager Earl Weaver put it another way with “this isn’t football, we do this every day.” So it’s possible – as are all things in the springtime of baseball – that the 2012 Rockies may yet surprise us and prove the pundits wrong.

Otherwise, on a clear day the Rockies may be able to see next-to-last place in the five-team National League West. Regardless of the front office view.

Her Advice: Catcalling and gawking, now a two-way street Dating is something that has been done by men and women since the “The Beginning.” It’s how we meet “The One.” But, for some of us women, more importantly myself, who happens to be a little, well, voluptuous, it’s one nightmare after another.

Let’s take a dinner date for instance.

From the moment he pulls out the chair, if he does at all, my much-desired eye contact is lost. It is as if there is a set of eyes located in my cleavage.

Now, an active date, such as the batting cages, sporty attire gives me little gain in terms of attention. Oh, don’t get me wrong; I get plenty of attention, just not on my personality, my talent or lack thereof, or my conversation. No, attention is usually focused on how my outfit fits in certain areas.

Trust me, I know that “the girls” are there. They’ve been there all my life. And I don’t want to seem like I am not proud of them what-so-ever. However, I would like to know that there are a group, if not

a plethora, of men out there who are fully capable of being attracted to a mature lady without looking at my breasts first.

For years men have hooted, catcalled and downright disrespected a woman of “size” as she walks down a street.

Lets turn the tables for a minute, and I’ve done this on several occasions to prove a point. I’m on a date and start to see that this date is en route to bad, no – disaster. Now, it’s my turn. Dance floor, yes, I have grabbed a couple of rear-ends; I have ever so rudely made a point to gawk at my dates crotch. I have been known to make comments such as, “Hey there, hot stuff, nice booty,” and the popular, “Daaammn!” To which I have got the response, “Do you have to look and treat at me as if I’m just a booty call or a piece of meat?” Hmm? Well, yes, yes I do.

You see women have been treated like this for God knows how long. We have been made to be either pictures of perfection; the type one wants to take home to mother, or

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classic streetwalkers.

I have been dating since I was 15 years old. I am now almost 30 and have dealt with so much Casey Cardenas disrespectful behav- crodri44@mscd.edu ior that I feel it is my earned right to dish it out without regret or guilt, just how it has been done to me.

And men will undoubtedly complain, “You want to act like a man and wonder why you don’t have a man”. Well, a line in my favorite movie, by one of my favorite actresses says, “Oh that’s why I don’t have a man! I thought it was because I thought I deserve the best. And he’s out there; he’s just with all the wrong women. And let me be clear, after centuries of men looking at my breasts instead of my eyes, and pinching my rear instead of shaking my hand, I now have the divine right to stare at a man’s backside with vulgar, cheap appreciation if I want to.”

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HTE cooks serve tasty ‘50s lunch Andrea Heap aheap@mscd.edu

The kitchen in the Hospitality, Tourism and Events department was bustling April 5 when 16 students in the Food Production II class had a chance to put their skills into practice.

The class was broken into five groups at the beginning of the semester, each ultimately responsible for hosting an elaborate luncheon for 42 people from start to finish.

This luncheon theme was “Back to the ‘50s,” and the menu featured wholesome comfort food with a gourmet twist.

A classroom in the Plaza building was converted into a “restaurant,” complete with six round tables decorated with tablecloths and tulips in the traditional diner colors: red and black. Photos of Marilyn Monroe, “I Love Lucy” and classic cars flashed on a screen.

Christine Hayes was the hostess for the event and checked

people in before walking them to assigned tables. She said she really enjoys the class and is looking forward to the new Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center opening in the fall.

“All of the cooking classes have given me the opportunity to broaden my actual cooking experience.

I have been able to try things at home that I normally would never try,” Hayes said.

At the beginning of the semester, the groups were required to

create a theme and menu for their assigned luncheon. They spent time testing their recipes in the kitchen until they got them right.

Once they decided on the recipes, they did the appropriate budgeting and conversions to make the food orders.

Metro senior Brandyn Russell works as a banquet server outside of school. He worked as a server at the luncheon and was impressed with the event.

“All of this ties in directly with what I do, so I know that everyone is getting that experience,” Russell said.

The kitchen was a bustling scene, with bright lights and people moving quickly to complete assigned tasks. The students formed an assembly line and plated food like a well-oiled machine.

Shelley Owens, instructor and

director of culinary arts for the HTE department, was easy to spot by her tall chef’s hat.

“This class is a leadership management class and they are put into management teams,” Owens said. “They practice managing others, and it is really hard to manage your peers.”

The attendees filled out a survey afterward to rate the students.

Metro senior Sarah Dempsey worked the back of the house and was pleased with the event.

“The luncheon turned out amazing. All the guests were happy and most gave 4 out of 5 on their reviews,” Dempsey said.

There will be four more luncheons through the end of the semester. Reservations for $12 can be made through the HTE department secretary in Plaza 124.

Metro senior Christine Hayes helps Metro senior Robyn Mattivi put in her ribbon before the Hospitality, Tourism and Events student luncheon April 5.

Photos by Jessica Cuneo • jcuneo2@mscd.edu

Above: Homemade meatloaf, scalloped potatoes and green beans were the main course at the 1950s-themed luncheon.

Left: Metro senior Nicole Ferreyros sautees several orders of green beans.

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LGBT frat aims for inclusivity, success Caitlin Sievers csievers2@mscd.edu Ethan Cordova found a dead rat on his doorstep with the message “Go Home Faggot” after he tried to bring a gay-focused fraternity to Colorado State University in 1999.

Now he’s hoping the Metro community will accept the fraternity he founded, Theta Psi Tau. “This will be the first openly coed, [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered] fraternity anyone has ever held in any state,” Cordova said.

He doesn’t like that some gay fraternities exclude women, nonuniversity students, and individuals who are transgender.

“We all need to come together as one to educate each other,” Cordova said. “Not just on LGBT issues, but every issue dealing with our youth.”

He believes that plans to bring Theta Psi Tau to Metro will go smoothly.

“Denver is very gay-friendly,” Cordova said.

Some Auraria students welcome a fraternity open to the LGBT community.

“I think it’s a good idea,” said Solera Weaver, a UCD junior.

“It’ll give people a chance to feel included.”

If there is any disapproval, Cordova isn’t worried about it.

“The more opposition I get, the stronger the core of the fraternity is,” Cordova said.

In 1998, when Cordova was attending CSU, he planned to start a chapter of the fraternity for gay men, Delta Lamda Phi. Vernan Strickland III created Delta Lamda Phi in 1987. He thought that social groups for gay men gave out membership easily and were often too focused on sex.

The group was founded in Washington D.C. and is open to “gay, bisexual, and progressive men,” according to the Delta Lamda Phi website. It now has 28 communitybased chapters in the United States and Canada.

“When I was a student at CSU in Fort Collins, I was gay-bashed and it reached national media,” Cordova said. “And this was all when I formed a colony of Delta Lambda Phi.” There are only around 10 fraternities in the United States for gay men, and Delta Lamda Phi has

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Ethan Cordova, left, and Craig Toth want to start Theta Psi Tau, an LGBT fraternity, at Metro. Those interested in becoming involved can contact them at ecordo12@mscd.edu and ctoth3@mscd.edu. Photo by Luke Powell • lpowel18@mscd.edu

the most chapters.

Cordova made many attempts to get Theta Psi Tau started in the past, but hasn’t been able to establish a very large following.

He first conceived the idea in 2000 and started up the group in Tempe, Ariz. Cordova revoked all membership after he learned that some

hazing occurred at a party where Theta Psi Tau was represented.

Now Cordova hopes that the organization can get a fresh start at Metro, where he is transferring in the fall.

If Theta Psi Tau is accepted by Metro’s administration and Greek life, Metro will be the organiza-

tion’s new national headquarters.

Cordova hopes that the fraternity will grow and spread to campuses across the United States.

If everything goes as planned, fraternity initiation will begin during fall 2012 and Cordova will seek new members during Denver’s gay pride celebrations.

Old-school babershop growing in Highlands under a men’s grooming specialist named Aiden Gill. That’s where I got to put the proper barbering in a modern context,” Weinstein said.

When you first walk in to Proper Barber Shop has plenty Proper Barber Shop for a haircut, of old-school qualities, though you probably aren’t expecting your it has continued to progress in first question to be ‘whiskey or its craft along with modern and beer?’ changing styles.

Owner Jordan Weinstein, “I’d nailed down all the classic and barbershops like Proper, are cuts. Working with Aiden down leading a movement away from in New Orleans, I learned the franchise chains that have sprung contemporary stuff people are up like cowlicks throughout our spending a hundred bucks to get at nation’s strip malls, to barbering a salon.” as an art.

Weinstein got his break There is something noswhen he started working for talgic about cracking jokes his now business partner with the boys or looking at Roxy Searcy. Searcy is a bit old-school Playboy magaof a legend in Colorado’s zines before getting your cosmetology scene. She is hair cut in a chair from the the owner of Tootsies, a turn of the century. It helps well-known nail salon, as the mood to get a haircut well as the Highlands salon from the same guy that cut Rebelle, which neighbors it last time, the same way he Proper. cut it last time, which was “I told her that I was well. ready to open my own spot.

“I love telling people, Within two years I needed when I lean them back for my own space,” Weinstein a shave, ‘it’s super-comsaid. “Lo and behold, we got fortable and not bad for a the keys to the place a year 106-year-old chair huh?’,” ago last month.”

Weinstein said. “That’s part The relaxed and thorof what I wanted to create ough pace that Proper’s barhere was a community envibers keep couldn’t possibly ronment. It’s happening.” work in the environment Well-done haircuts may Jordan Weinstein focuses on dry cutting first-time customer Ryan Eschenbach’s hair with a straight razor April 3. Eschenbach was recommended to Proper through one of his friends who is a regular of corporate chains, where be the reason Proper’s cuscustomer. Photo by Luke Powell • lpowel18@mscd.edu

Wesley Reyna wreyna1@mscd.edu

tomers come in. The reason they stay, and the reasons they come back and tell their friends about it, are the atmosphere and the service.

Weinstein doesn’t look like your typical barber. In his thirties, he has a tattoo where his beard would be, and a barber pole on the side of his hand, a pair of scissors under his eye, and a straight razor on his ear.

Weinstein has thought of leaving the profession at times, but that didn’t stop him from getting HAIRCUTS tattooed across his

knuckles 10 years ago. It’s been a lengthy road since his first cut at age 12.

“I did a mohawk in my garage, for my buddy Brian. It was pretty rad,” Weinstein said.

He moved up from the garage soon after. In the 13 years since graduating from barber school, Weinstein spent about five years cutting hair in southern California before moving to Denver and working in various shops.

“Within that time, I also went down to New Orleans and studied

management wants haircuts done in 15 or 20 minutes.

“I can pull off a solid finished product in that time, but I’d rather take my time, get to know my customers,” Weinstein said.

Small barber poles have continued to spin throughout Denver’s neighborhoods. But not in the numbers they once did.

“I think [I filled] a bit of a void when I opened up. There is one other shop that’s like us just smaller. That’s Ollie’s over on 32nd and Clay Street,”Weinstein said.

“Good guys over there too.”

Barbershops, and men’s heads everywhere, should benefit from this return to classic, timeless styles perfected in the ‘50s and ‘60s, during the days of the original “mad men.”

“There’s been a nice resurgence in proper barbershops in the last 10 years. It’s funny, there are probably two or three generations of guys in this country that didn’t step foot into a barbershop until five or six years ago,” Weinstein said. “They grew up going to Fantastic Sam’s and their mom’s salon.”

After having a taste of the good life, even if it’s a 45-minute break to pop in and get a quick shave or trim, it’s not likely that customers of Proper will soon return to their fauxhawk chain store roots.

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Sounding Off

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The Maykit keeps moving forward

Max Winne got his start strumming an acoustic guitar in Aurora, Colo.

Over time, he honed his craft. Now, he’s a full-time singer-songwriter.

Winne’s live performances in his project, The Maykit, are strippeddown, revealing versions of his lush studio recordings. Recently, Winne wrapped up a two-week, five-state tour in support of his most recent fulllength, Songs About Things That Lack Definition, as well as the recent split EP called Hangs he made with fellow bands All Human and Angela Jane.

The Metropolitan spoke to Winne before his April 11 show at the HiDive about what’s next for The Maykit.

Interview by Wesley Reyna • wreyna1@mscd.edu WR: How was your recent tour? Didn’t you make a list of rules to follow?

MW: [Laughs] You’re questioning my honesty right off the bat. Tour went really well, I think the only one of the [rules] I didn’t complete was “telling stories that end in ‘you

Download Hangs at TheMaykit.bandcamp.com.

Max Winne seems pretty optimistic about the new material he’s dreaming up for The Maykit.

a trick…’ I definitely made some new friends and I did play in [my mainstay], Salt Lake City, so you know high-fives were distributed.

WR: Wait, so what was this list of rules you made for tour?

MW: One, to tell stories that end in “you a trick” or the crowd saying “no he didn’t.”

Two, drink whiskey. Three, play as well as I can. Four, make new friends. Five, give everyone a high-five and, six, have fun.

WR: Are you excited to play the Hi-dive?

MW: I love playing at the Hi-dive, the sound is great, the staff is great and turnouts are normally, too. It’s the first time since tour I’ll really be able to hang out with my friends.

WR: What is your favorite live song to play?

MW: My favorite song to play right now is one off of the new album. It actually doesn’t have a name yet; it’s just a confessional piece, as they usually are. I still identify with the

things I sing about in it and the guitar lines are pretty great.

WR: Who are your favorite musicians to play with locally or nationally?

MW: My favorite musicians to play with live are Jesus or Genome and Laura Gibson. I’ve played with so many people that I like, it’s really hard to decide but I will [list] them for now. I love their music. My favorite people to write with are Noah Matthews, Ryan Brasher and Dwight Forcey, at least so far.

WR: What is Hangs all about. Why did you decide to release a “split” EP? MW: Hangs is something I wanted to put together since Adam Fisher [of All Human] and I toured together last year. I knew he had some new songs and I had some songs that weren’t going to go on the new record.

We recruited Angela [Bachmann] towards the end of the two-week period that it was

Photo courtesy of The Maykit put together and it just kind of worked out. I couldn’t be happier with it.

WR: Are you working on more recordings?

MW: I’m actually recording my new record right now. It’s going really slowly but I have faith in it. There’s more percussion and I use my voice a little more. I played mostly new songs on the tour and they seemed to go over well. I think people will enjoy it WR: All artists have their own style of songwriting. How do you write your songs?

MW: My songs normally start with me writing the guitar [parts] first, then after I have that, I’ll hum some melodies. Then I try to fill the melodies in with lyrics. I then normally mess around with it for a while and make changes until I feel I’ve done as much as I can. Recording them is when I really start messing with them, adding guitar leads and pianos and anything I can think of.

More Upcoming Shows

Nathaniel Rateliff 7 p.m., April 12 @ Summit Music Hall, $22

A few years back, Nathaniel Rateliff was a local songsmith that rarely played gigs outside of Denver. But now that he’s become a world-renowned singer-songwriter, Rateliff has been touring constantly. On April 12, Rateliff will play the Summit Music Hall on behalf of “The Revival Tour.” This special tour, which was created by Hot Water Music’s Chuck Ragan, brings back the simple, intimate sentiments of folk music. This year’s touring group features guests like Tommy Gabel of Against Me! and Rateliff. If anything, this tour has allowed Rateliff to leave the bigger theaters behind for a moment and bring his powerful, anthem-like brand of folk-rock back home.

Talib Kweli 12 p.m., April 13 @ Tivoli Turnhalle, Open to public

It is fitting that Talib Kweli will be visiting Auraria Campus to speak about black history. The rapper’s first name is Arabic for “student” or “seeker,” and on April 13, Kweli will present many students with plenty of knowledge. The Brooklyn-born Kweli formed his most notable project Black Star, with rapper and actor Mos Def in 1998, but has continued to release solo albums to mass critical acclaim. He will be speaking as part of the Sankofa Lecture Series, which is being sponsored by Metro Department of African and African-American Studies. Although there won’t be a live performance, Kweli is still a talented, thought-out wordsmith, especially if he is on record. Either way, the event should be memorable.

Wesley Reyna • wreyna1@mscd.edu

Ian Gassman • igassman@mscd.edu

Perfume Genius 9 p.m., April 13 @ Hi-Dive, $12

Both Mike Hadreas and Zac Pennington are no strangers to hiding away to write songs in their respective workspaces.

But, both songwriters are good at emerging from their creative hibernation to bring their work to the masses. Seattlebased Hadreas, who goes by the moniker Perfume Genius, composes emotional songs carried by nothing more than his sparse piano work and fragile voice. Meanwhile, Pennington showcases his material via Parenthetical Girls. Unlike Hadreas, Pennington has a better ear for sweet melodies and pop hooks, but he still gets pretty melancholy. Fortunately, these two outcasts usually make their live shows count before they lock themselves away again to conceive more material.

Ian Gassman • igassman@mscd.edu

Bright Light Social Hour 9 p.m., April 17 @ Moe’s Original, $13

According to its online bio, Bright Light Social Hour was born out of an “art-rock collective” in Austin, Texas. Although this quartet’s new selftitled full length is surely an experimental blend, Bright Light Social Hour still fully roots itself in rock ‘n’ roll. In fact, most of the album features thick rock songs complete with hot slide guitar, quirky harmonies and pounding, soulful keyboard.

Otherwise, each bandmate brings some other style to the table. From frenetic noise freakouts, ambient post-rock, hard funk or psychedelia, this eclectic approach makes for an inspired live show filled, hopefully, with plenty of infectious jams.

Ian Gassman • igassman@mscd.edu

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Senior directly Ty’d to team success

A five-tool athlete, Ty Jacobs is having a monster season Angelita Foster amayer1@mscd.edu It was natural that Ty Jacobs would come to love baseball. The passion was passed down to him by his father and grandfather. Jacobs knew that to make his dream come true and earn a place playing America’s favorite pastime, the Metro senior would need more than passion — he would need to work hard.

“My dad played baseball in college and my grandfather never misses a Rockies game,” Jacobs said. “It is something that was always around and means a lot to my family.”

Like every other little boy chasing the baseball dream, Jacobs played T-ball then coach-pitch. By the time Jacobs was nine he was playing shortstop on competitive travel teams.

When Jacobs got to Cherokee Trail High School, he added pitching to his resume.

“I have always played shortstop, but when I got to high school they saw that I was pretty good at pitching,” Jacobs said.

Pretty good at pitching might be modest. As a senior in high school, Jacobs was named 4A pitcher of the year.

Most recently, Jacobs recorded two saves against Colorado Christian University in a four-game se-

Metro senior pitcher/shortstop Ty Jacobs has won numerous awards this season for his efforts at the plate and on the mound.

Jacobs leads all Roadrunners with 22 runs scored, and has also posted two wins and four saves as a pitcher.

Photo by Luke Powell • lpowel18@mscd.edu

ries. He also went 5-for-5 in game one and 4-for-4 in game two of that series. His performance over that weekend earned him the honors of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference/Rawlings Player of the Week and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Central Region Player of the Week.

Jacobs said his performances on the mound over Colorado Christian were his best days in

baseball.

“I am pretty happy about it. It doesn’t happen very often that you get saves like that,” he said.

Jacobs remembers his worst day of baseball as well — it was during tryouts when he was in high school.

“It’s by invitation only and there were professional and college scouts there. I had three errors and struck out twice,” Jacobs said.

“That was it for that opportunity.”

The right-hander didn’t let that failure change his course. He continued to work hard and went to University of Northern Colorado where he played for a year before transferring to Seward County Community College in Kansas.

There, he earned an associate’s degree in business management.

Jacobs made his way to Metro

through his reputation for hard work from players he had known throughout his career.

“I wanted to continue my education and was still eligible to play baseball. I knew some of the players at Metro and they told the coaches about me and it worked out that I got to come here,” Jacobs said.

While playing for the Roadrunners, Jacobs moved from shortstop to second base, but said that it doesn’t matter what position he plays.

“I just always try to play the best at the position I am in,” Jacobs said.

This is the type of attitude that makes a good leader. Jacobs is cocaptain with fellow seniors Evan Claus and Robbie Nickels.

“I guess because I’m a senior and I have played for a while, it feels natural to help the younger players,” he said.

Jacobs’s dream of playing baseball won’t end after graduation.

His hard work will give him more than one option.

“Well, I definitely hope to get an opportunity with an independent league, even overseas in France or Australia,” he said.

Well, Australia does have a pipeline to Metro for basketball and tennis — maybe Jacobs could start a pipeline going back to Australia.

Nuggets are surprising in good, bad ways Nick Ohlig nohlig@mscd.edu Really, Denver Nuggets? Really? You beat the San Antonio Spurs, yet you struggled against the Charlotte Bobcats? Are you kidding me?

That has been the Nuggets season so far. They can beat the best teams on one night, but then they lay a dud against bad teams the next night. It has been very

frustrating. On the road, they beat the Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and the Indiana Pacers.

At the Pepsi Center, they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat.

However, with those victories come some head-shaking losses. At home, they lost to the below-average Cleveland Cavaliers and New Orleans Hornets. On the road, the Nuggets lost to the Hornets and to the Golden State Warriors. Besides the horrible losses, there should be a red flag that Nuggets fans should be worried about. It is the way they have played against subpar teams.

At home against the Detroit Pistons, they needed a last second tip-in from newly acquired JaVale McGee to beat the sorry Pistons.

Then, against the Sacramento

Kings, they needed a knuckleheaded play by Kings guard Marcus Thornton that sent the game into overtime. The Nuggets pulled away in the extra period, but their fans have to be concerned with the effort.

Speaking of effort, this season the Nuggets have had a few games where their effort has been nonexistent. Remember when the Nuggets played against the Western Conference powerhouse Oklahoma City Thunder? Yeah, I recall them sleep-walking through that game.

Remember the Spurs game? I don’t want to think about that ugly loss.

Now, I understand this is the NBA. Weird things happen. Back in January, the Thunder lost to the Washington Wizards on the road, then in March, they lost to the

Cavaliers at home. And the second team in the West, the San Antonio Spurs, lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves. It happens.

However, if the Denver Nuggets want to win a playoff round this year, they better get some consistent play. If they end up as a No. 7 or No. 8 seed, they might get bounced out of the first round — again.

So, who is to blame for the Nuggets’ inconsistent play? Is it head coach George Karl? Not really. He has done a great job keeping this team together when every player appeared to be injured at the mid-point of the season.

Maybe it’s the players. Andre Miller has not shown the leadership qualities that he had while he was a Portland Trail Blazer. Arron

Afflalo has been a little spotty with his defense and three point shooting. Al Harrington can be inconsistent with his rebounding.

It could be the injuries. Danilo Gallinari had been on the injured list more than once this season.

Rudy Fernandez’s season is over because of back injuries.

The only reason why the Nuggets are inconsistent is a team problem. Injuries, plus inconsistent execution from players, plus a coach who might get complacent, equals a bad recipe.

If the Nuggets get some consistent play, a chance of making some noise in the playoffs will be no laughing matter.

14 April 12, 2012 MetroSpective TheMetropolitan

TimeOut This

Week 4.12

Red Flag Rally 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Tivoli Commons This campaign is a nationwide public awareness effort aimed at stopping relationship violence on college campuses.

The campaign encourages us to speak up when we see warning signs for potential abusive or unhealthy behaviors in our friends’ relationships.

Free

4.13 Across 1- Martini’s partner 6- Commoner 10- Horrors!

14- Choreographer de Mille 15- Accent 16- Make-up artist?

17- Chimes 18- Entr’___ 19- Big do 20- Conical native American tent 21- Causing horror 23- Actress Peeples 25- Author Rand 26- “A Hard Road to Glory” author 29- Invitation letters 32- Biblical mount 37- USN rank 38- Chip in 39- Optimally 40- Cause light to pass through 43- Add fizz 44- Caspian Sea feeder

45- Edge 46- Passover feast 47- Old Dodge model 48- IRS IDs 49- Attorney’s org.

51- Writer Hentoff 53- Highly productive 58- Started 62- Bunches 63- Sup 64- Eat away 65- Decant 66- Cornerstone abbr.

67- Negatively charged particle 68- Bluesy James 69- Foot covering 70- The house of a parson

Down 1- All ears 2- Arch type 3- Break, card game 4- Greek goddess of the moon 5- Japanese immigrant 6- Egyptian deity 7- Bananas 8- Snare 9- Drunken 10- Minnesota’s St. ___ College 11- LP player 12- Bust maker 13- Acapulco gold 22- Infuse 24- “L.A. Law” lawyer 26- Take the role of 27- Carousal 28- Accumulate 30- Letters on a Cardinal’s cap 31- Soft palate 33- Son of, in Arabic names

34- Approaches 35- John of “The Addams Family” 36- Units 38- Stellar 39- At full speed 41- Not for a Scot 42- Coffee container 47- Uncouth 48- Breastbones 50- Waits 52- At right angles to a ships length 53- Scheme 54- Defeat decisively 55- Other, in Oaxaca 56- A big fan of 57- Give up 59- Enter 60- Brouhahas 61- Branta sandvicensis 62- Big brute

Texts From Last Night All time personal low: room service guy going “You want french fries AND onion rings???”

Next sat night Titanic party. Bring your floaties, trashy necklaces, and a large lung capacity. This ship is going downnnnnnn.

I took 20 bucks from you because when I woke up I saw more of you than I ever wanted to see bro.

In this context breast is a metaphor for soul.

Talib Kweli: Sankofa Lecture Series 12 – 2 p.m.

Tivoli Turnhalle

Artist and hip-hop icon Talib Kweli Greene will be the key speaker during this lecture series, which aims to make known and address social inequities in society.

Free

4.15

Metro Softball 11 a.m.

Auraria Field

Catch the Metro softball team as it takes on Adams State.

Free

4.16

Walter Thompson: Sound Painting 7:30 p.m.

King Center

Sound painting is the universal, multidisciplinary, live composing sign language for musicians, actors, dancers and visual artists.

Free with Metro ID

4.17

Find Your Fit 11 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Tivoli 320 Find out how to use your interests to choose the perfect major for you! Food provided.

Free

4.18 Spring Fling

4.14

Sweeney Todd 7:30 p.m.

King Center Recital Hall Free with Metro ID

My Life Is Average Today, I tried to turn up the volume on my laptop with my TV remote. MLIA Today, I stepped on a ping pong ball.

I remembered that heat makes things expand so I put it on my toaster. The ball melted and set the toaster on fire. I have no regrets. MLIA Today, instead of doing my homework I entered in the Google versus yahoo debate.

I typed in unicorns are... Yahoo said ‘unicorns are real’. Google said ‘unicorns are for gangsters’. I knew it. That’s why we never see unicorns. They lurk in dark alleyways at night. MLIA. Apparently in Kenilworth, Illinois there is a law that a rooster must step back three hundred feet from any residence if he wishes to crow... I’m very curious as to how they enforce this. Their Lives Are Average.

11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Tivoli Commons

Time to welcome back the sun and warm weather with our big spring festival! Join us at this tri-institutional event that features music, student organizations, local arts & crafts vendors, with great food and entertainment. Free

Today in history 4.12 1782 - The British navy wins its only naval engagement against the colonists in the American Revolution at the Battle of Saints, off Dominica.

1861 - Fort Sumter is shelled by the Confederacy, starting America’s Civil War. 1877 - The first catcher’s mask is used in a baseball game.

1944 - The U.S. Twentieth Air Force is activated to begin the strategic bombing of Japan.

1955 - Dr. Jonas Salk’s discovery of a polio vaccine is announced.