Volume 34, Issue 27 - March 29, 2012

March 29, 2012

Volume 34, Issue 27

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One step away from University

MetNews Metro’s name change passes through House 3

InSight Student Success Building: The right direction 8

MetroSpective Steampunks polish their gears for Anomaly Con 11

AudioFiles Martin Sexton brings new EP to Ogden Theatre March 29 7

MetSports Elite Eight exit for Evans and the ‘Runners 19

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Vist metnews.org to stay updated on Metro’s name change Metro student Kristen Evans pushes against narrow cliff sandstone walls at the bottom of the Medieval Chamber at the Sand Flat Recreation area March 22.

This was the last rappel of the Auraria Outdoor Adventure’s spring break trip to Moab. Photo by Mike Fabricius • mfabrici@mscd.edu

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Name change unofficially official

Megan Mitchell mmitchell@mscd.edu

Metro is just one step away from official university status after passing its third and final reading in the Colorado House of Representatives March 27.

SB-148 soared across the House floor with a vote of 56-6 (with three absentees). Now, the bill is heading to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk to be signed into law, which is expected to happen in the next couple of weeks.

“I’m confident that [Hickenlooper] will sign the bill,” Representative Crisanta Duran, D-Denver said. “There was a long negotiation process prior to the time that the bill was even introduced; negotiations that took place with the University of Denver and all stakeholders.”

Duran said by the time the bill was presented for this year’s congressional session (it failed to be introduced last year), it was

The Colorado House of Representatives voted on the final reading of the name change at the March 27 congressional session. Photo by Steve Anderson •

essentially non-controversial and would go through the legislature easily, as it did.

While the exact date of signing is unknown, Metro will be Metropolitan State University of Denver

by July 1, said Cathy Lucas, associate vice president of communica-

tions and advancement at Metro.

From there, the process of updating Metro’s citywide signage and online image will take up most of the summer.

“We’re not going to be rebranding, I think that’s a really strong word,” said Lucas. “But we’ll be

putting together a committee of faculty, staff, students and alumni to really look at how we can redesign our typeface.”

Lucas pointed out that the word “university” is longer than “college,” and in the world of graphic design, space is everything. Therefore, all signs and brand designs need to be reconsidered.

“As far as the website, we’re looking at a lot of options,” Lucas said. “Is it going to be metrostatedenver.edu or msudenver.edu or msud.edu?

Those are the things that this group will be working out.”

She said the future committee would also be considering Metro’s seal for an updated look, as well as how nicknames for the new university can be trademarked — all to be finished before the celebration of the new name this fall.

“We’re hoping to get the governor to come on campus to do a signing sometime in May at the

Student Success Building,” Lucas said.

The importance of the bill passing resonates with its government sponsors.

“Across the country there is this movement of colleges becoming a university, but I think this is a true reflection of what [Metro] has become,” Sen. Rollie Heath, DBoulder said. “It occupies a rather unique and critical position in our department of higher ED as to the kinds of students they attract.”

Likewise, Duran’s mother and sister both graduated from Metro.

“To me, the value of Metro for both of them in their lives was tremendous,” she said. “I think that those stories are representative of thousands of stories across the state that highlight the value of what a degree at Metro really means. I think the name should reflect what the value of those degrees really are.”

Metro takes on San Francisco Ready for success

Jessica Wacker jwacker1@mscd.edu

A handful of Metro students met a man who could dislocate both of his shoulders, a drummer in a band who was less than 10 years old and an artist who planted a redwood tree in an alleyway.

Those students attended Metro’s intensive journalism course, Social Documentary. The course is designed to give students a taste of same-day story coverage in an environment far from home.

“It prepares journalism students for what they’re going to face every day,” said Rachel Ridings, a Metro senior who attended the class.

March 14-18, Metro students visited San Francisco and scoured the city for unusual stories or individuals to document.

Student writers and photographers paired together and covered a variety of stories during the day.

The class met in the evening for a professional critique of their work.

“I got to see San Francisco in a way a lot of people don’t,” said Metro senior Jeremy Knight. “Most people just walk the streets and don’t duck into the alleyways or storefronts.”

Journalism professors Kenn

Bisio and Marilyn Starrett advised the course, both termed by Ridings as invaluable to her growth as a journalist.

She also credited them with helping students to “build a backbone.”

“I know that in the critiques, everything that they’re trying to do is to better us, and not something that’s personal,” said Ridings.

It was Knight’s fourth Social Documentary class and Ridings’ third.

“I enjoy working with other people because it allows me to learn from them, even when I’m trying to show them something I know how to do that they don’t. It makes me a better teacher, person, photographer and journalist altogether,” Knight said.

Students can take the course for up to 12 credits. One ‘packaged’ story — meaning a story with photographs — equals one credit. The course is typically taken for three credits.

“It really stood out to me how willing my peers were to teach me when we have the extra time to just be around each other, which we wouldn’t normally have in Denver,” Ridings said.

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Metro junior Brad Roudebush and senior Rachel Ridings review pictures on the streets of San Francisco during Social Documentary, March 14-18.

Photo by Jeremy Knight • jknigh15@mscd.edu

During spring break, the Student Success Building opened its doors and welcomed its new inhabitants.

The move was scheduled throughout the break, and more than 230 full-time employees and 25 different departments scrambled to make the move seamless.

“I thought it went very smooth,” scholarship counselor Mary Haynes-Hanson said. “Luckily we don’t have a lot of students during spring break.”

Students were notified of the move and possible inconveniences via email. Many offices also posted notifications on their websites.

Leaky faucets and IT issues were the only problems the Office of Financial Aid experienced during the move. But, according to Haynes-Hanson, the problems were taken care of quickly, and the offices are now fully functioning.

“Right now were just dealing the growing pains of learning where everything is, where [we] can put [our] stuff,” Haynes-Hanson said.

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Stories from the City by the Bay Words by Kalen Deremo kderemo@mscd.edu Photo by Sean Guerrero sguerre6@mscd.edu

This is just a small selection of pictures and excerpts from stories produced by students who experienced Social Documentary in San Francisco,

There is a jungle at the University of California Berkeley campus.

There are no trees, rather concrete ledges and stairs. There are animals but not of the furry kind. They are human, yet for a few hours each day their instincts take over.

They flip, hop, slide and roll around nooks and crannies at the campus. They are traceurs – the name given to those who practice the art of parkour.

Words by Carrie Elliott cellio21@mscd.edu Photo by Rachel Ridings rridings@mscd.edu Anne Lutin is an old lady, she said so herself. She has been arrested more than once.

She is accustomed to receiving foul insults and explicit hand gestures while standing on the street. But there she stands, among many others, on March 15 in downtown San Francisco. Her frail arms hold up a sign protesting the war and her bright face holds up a smile, just like they have done before.

Words by Nick Roper nroper@mscd.edu Photo by Courtney Soucek csoucek@mscd.edu Hands clap feverishly while dollar bills and loose change are dropped into a red collection bucket. Cheers roar out for Eagan Emerson.

Emerson is 5-years-old and he plays the drums in his father’s band on the bustling streets of the Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Emerson’s father, Hubert, bought the cherry red drum set for Emerson when he was only 3-years-old.

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Fire burns bright in Jefferson County Jessica Wacker jwacker1@mscd.edu Two major fires currently burning in Jefferson County made national news after two deaths were caused by the blaze.

Linda M. Lucas, 76, and her husband, Sam Lamar Lucas, 77, were killed in the fire, said Jeffer-

son county officials.

The main blaze, called the Lower Fork Fire, is located 20 miles west of Denver.

The wildfire consumed over 4,500 acres and destroyed 23 homes as of March 27, according to the Denver Post.

As students returned from Spring Break, March 26, Denver

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skies were hazy due to smoke from the blaze. Temperatures hit 78, setting a new record for the day, while winds reached 35 miles per hour, according to The Weather Channel.

Heavy winds continued to spread the fire, which was uncontained as of March 27.

Graphic illustration courtesy of 9NEWS

Balding abounds at St. Baldrick’s event Story and photo by Steve Anderson sande104@mscd.edu Danielle Wade, owner of Asteria Salon in Denver, laughed as her head was shaved to raise funds for childhood cancer research.

She participated in the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Event at Auraria, March 15. It was Wade’s second time participating in the event, but it was the first time she shaved her head.

Asteria Salon hair stylists,

Metro’s Student Government Assembly and other local businesses raised more than $3,000 for childhood cancer research.

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For more information contact Chris Mancuso, Director of web communications at 303-556-6477, mancuso@mscd.edu.

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Life-saving devices in short supply on Auraria Aaron Jackson ajacks73@mscd.edu A heart attack happens when blood is unable to enter part of the heart, leaving the victim’s body deprived of oxygen. Heart attacks are spontaneous and sometimes fatal, but death can be prevented by a life-saving shock from a defibrillator.

Currently, six Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are located on Auraria.

A defibrillator is a portable electrical device used in cases of life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias — situations that lead to cardiac arrest. There are three in the Health Center at Auraria and three located in the Auraria Event Center.

“We are currently working on a proposal in partnership with the American Red Cross to locate approximately 50 more AED units on the campus, in every major building,” said Blaine Nickeson, Auraria Higher Education Center’s assistant vice president of Campus Relations.

In the past, the Health Center struggled to bring AHEC and the

three campus colleges together on how to implement and pay for an AED policy.

Each device costs $3,000.

“We currently estimate an approximated cost of $60,000 to install [all the] AEDs,” Nickeson said. “This does not include ongoing costs, maintenance or training, which could cost as much as $50,000 per year, depending on the level of program support.”

As of now, there have not been any incidents reported on campus that required the use of the AEDs, but trained paramedics are always on call.

“For a medical incident, paramedics from Denver Health and firefighters from the Denver Fire Department will respond,” Nickeson said.

AEDs are designed for use by laypersons who, ideally, should have received proper training on how to use them. Training isn’t always necessary, however. All public access defibrillators are user-friendly.

Defibrillators were proven effective in the hands of untrained individuals. According to a twoyear study by the New England

Journal of Medicine, in June 1999.

The study analyzed the benefits of having AEDs present and ready for use during Chicago’s Heart Start program. Of the 22 individuals studied, 18 suffered heart attacks, 11 survived. Six of the 11 survivors were treated by people with no previous training in AED use.

Becky O’Guin, public information officer with South Metro Fire Rescue, explained why it is important to have AEDs on campus.

“When the heart stops, it is really important to get it going again as fast as you can,” she said.

O’Guin said that if defibrillators aren’t at the scene where the incident occurs, a heart attack victim’s chances of survival are significantly diminished.

Assistant Chief Brad Balding of the Denver Fire Department agreed.

“The AEDs are vitally important for the protection of people who have heart attacks,” he said.

“They are pretty easy to use and they’ll be a good way to save someone’s life if needed.”

Metro student, Stephanie Coven, left, and Denver resident Adam Houzner, practice using an automated external defibrillator (AED) during a lifeguard training course on Auraria March 20. Photo by Carla Ferriera • cferrier@mscd.edu

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8 March 29, 2012 InSight TheMetropolitan

InSight

Peyton Manning, War with Iran and Déjà Vu all over again While students spent spring break in exotic locales like Aurora and Westminster, Denver was absolutely agog with the Story of the Century: Peyton Manning, the biggest wet dream yet for ejaculating sports reporters.

Tim who?

Tim Tebow and Jesus carried the Broncos further in 2011 than anyone hoped for in their wildest dreams. But it wasn’t far enough. So the Broncos are gambling nearly $100 million that Manning can be the Moses to lead them to the promised land of another Super Bowl title. This happened after an anemic on-field showing that has seen the Broncos win exactly three NFL playoff games in the 12 seasons since John Elway retired in 1999.

Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, who’s neither getting younger nor in the best of health, has publicly put another Super Bowl win on his bucket list. So the Broncos wheeled, dealed, courted, charmed and finally landed Manning over the efforts of four other NFL suitors. The Broncos got a four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, Super Bowl winner and future NFL Hall of Famer; albeit a luminary who’s 36 years old and who missed the entire 2011 season due to a series of neck injuries that called for surgeries.

Tebow got screwed plain and simple. After taking a 1-4 team last year that was still snakebitten by the Josh McDaniels debacle, Tebow made a moribund Broncos squad “relevant” again and carried the team to an impossible-dream playoffs appearance. In beating the heavily-favored Pittsburgh Steelers on the first play of overtime, he delivered the Broncos’ biggest moment in more than a dozen years.

Tebow’s reward was being put out with yesterday’s garbage. But nobody ever accused the NFL of being run by nice, or even honorable, men. In an NFL world where owners’ oversized egos are only exceeded by that of overpaid players. Tebow and Manning are a couple of uncommon class acts.

Assuming Tebow stays with the Jets — and these things carry no guarantees — he’ll start as a backup to Mark Sanchez. But Tebow could be only one or two breaks from much bigger things on a much bigger media stage. Jesus won’t play as well in Gotham as Middle America, but Tebow should still do well. If they let him.

In Denver, the Manning din was loud and insistent enough to mask other sounds and a growing drumbeat.

War! War! War! War hawks here (Republican wannabes) and in Israel (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) are urging us to go to war against Iran before Iran develops nuclear weapons to knock out Israel, close to its borders. Then, Iran can launch missile strikes against Western Europe and U.S. cities thousands of miles away. A simple scenario for simple minds. Especially for bankrupt-for-fresh-ideas Republicans who are like out-of-water fish flopping on a beach and gasping for an issue. ANY issue. Having alienated the majority of U.S. women and with the economy slowing improving, how about trying to blame Obama for rising gasoline prices fueled not by supply and demand, but by “fears” and speculators in futures?

Despite heightened pressure from an understandably-worried Israel, evidence that Iran has or is even close to developing such weapons is scanty with fears founded on sources not exactly reliable. But fears, and even the fear of fears, have a history of selling well.

Evidence of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) — the rationale for war against Iraq — was hardly necessary during our 2002 and early-2003 runup for war, when nearly all of the mainstream media, including the august New York Times, uncritically went along for the ride.

When WMD proved bogus, Bush and his cowboys simply shrugged and continued a protracted, trillion-dollar war that claimed more than 5,000 American lives and an Iraqi

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J. SEBASTIAN SINISI sinisi2@msn.com military and civilian toll we’ll never know.

What was accomplished? Is anyone, other than Exxon and Halliburton, better off ?

Meanwhile , the war in Afghanistan grows worse by the week with one well-known disaster after another.

Now, war-hawks here and in Israel are pushing for a third war when we’re not even done with the first. The pretext for Iran seems like Déjà Vu. All over again. Don’t we EVER learn?

After decrying “too much loose talk about war,” President Obama assured Netanyahu, at a White House meeting early in March, that the U.S. would not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons, even if that takes an American military strike. And that America “will always have Israel’s back.” In a delicate election year, Obama wants to give tougher sanctions and diplomatic efforts with Iran more time to work. Netanyahu — given a “green light” — sees a different timetable and hinted that Israel may strike on its own.

Certainly, Israel has the right to exist. So does a Palestinian state, in a not-unrelated matter. This isn’t an anti-Israel rant; only anti-insane foreign policy for the U.S. What it comes down to is as simple as some GOP slogans: we don’t need another fucking war.

And guess what age group stands to be affected most?

In Denver, though, it’s still all about Manning. All the time.

Student Success Building: Vital to the success of our university status I walked into the Student Success Building after its opening over spring break. I was impressed by the modern look and sleek construction.

The lobby, which looks more like a sci-fi spaceport on the moon, has areas for student advising, the Office of the Registrar and the Cashier’s Office. Our student records department has even been re-named to the more-fancy “Bursar.”

Completely student-funded, this $65 million building is the future of construction. It makes the South Classroom look like a poorly built birdhouse. When I walked into the men’s room, I wasn’t sure if I was still on campus or in the bathroom of the newest LoDo dance club.

My visit was sparked by curiosity. I wanted to see what I had been paying for the last few semesters. The building’s name

states its function, so how can a building help me succeed?

First off, it’s an image thing. The SSB is located right at the front of the campus on Auraria Parkway. Passing drivers now see this impressive building instead of a parking garage or the Tivoli. It stands as a beacon of achievement and status. Metro now has a building all its own.

This building is vital to our growth and credibility. Paired with the new hotel, Metro is one of a handful of schools worldwide that will have a fully functioning hotel on its campus.

It’s official. Metropolitan State University of Denver is now on the map. But being on the map means getting targeted. We’ve had not one, but two major universities have a problem with our name change. Outsiders are still somehow convinced we attend a

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two-year community or even a junior college. They feel we do not deserve, or have not earned the title of “university.”

It doesn’t matter.

I’m done trying to Daniel Laverty argue with people. dlaverty@mscd.edu We’re moving forward, and to better places. As our campus strengthens, so do our degrees.

Let the Internet bloggers voice their opinions on message boards. Keep badmouthing our school while knowing nothing about it. Continue to let outsiders say what they want about Metro. Instead of talking back, we’re busy doing things that continue to strenthgen our school. One day, the secret of how great a place this is will be out.

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Where am I? What year is it?

Steampunk-inspired AnomalyCon lands at Tivoli Steve Musal smusal@mscd.edu Adventurers descended on the Tivoli last weekend.

They came dressed in Victorian-era finery, hopping rides on railcars and airships, and were armed with ether-driven pistols, brass-gilded cutlasses and a thirst for all things steam-powered.

The second annual AnomalyCon, Denver’s first steampunk convention, drew close to 1,000 attendees to Auraria March 23-25.

Steampunk is a genre of fiction set in an alternate Victorian era: a modern recreation of early science fiction in the vein of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.

“We had an amazing line-up of guests and awesome attendees,” said Kronda Seibert, chairwoman for Victorian Productions, LLC, which runs the convention. “The con went extremely well.”

Events ranged from author panels to prop gun modification workshops, and included live music, demonstrations of the Victorian-era mixed martial art Bartitsu, a costume contest and even a Tea Dueling competition (just look it up on the Internet).

Ernest Apodaca pays close attention as he adds modifications to his steampunk prop weapon at the gun modification seminar March 24 at AnomalyCon 2012. Hot glue, metal paint and a few bits and pieces can go a long way to make a plastic toy look like something out of a steampunk fantasy. Photo by Steve Musal • smusal@mscd.edu

“The British take Tea Dueling really seriously, but we wanted to have fun with it, and we did,” Seibert said.

Convention guests included prolific science-fiction and steampunk author Kevin J. Anderson, British steam-driven alternative band B.B. Blackdog and plenty of Colorado authors, artists and musical groups.

This was the second year AnomalyCon has packed Tivoli — last year the convention was sponsored by the now-defunct Cryptoscience Society; this year, it was sponsored by the Metro Feminist Alliance. The gears and boilers of the historic brewery helped create a steampunk feel.

“We love the ambiance,” Seibert said. Still, she added, the con is expected to grow larger than the building can support, and will move to a new location next year.

For more photos from this year’s event, check out the Victorian Productions tumblr at http://victorianproductions.tumblr.com. For information on next year’s convention, head to anomalycon.com.

Left: Metro junior Sarah Simon-Blum paints details on her prop at the gun modification seminar. In addition to paint, hot glue, gears and other possible additions were available for seminar attendees to improve their prop weapons.

Photo by Steve Musal • smusal@mscd.edu Right: AnomalyCon 2012 attendee Daniel Stanley shows off his particular take on steampunk fashion.

Photo by Thomas Stipe • bstipe@mscd.edu

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Spring break Metro style

Drinking beer out of a funnel might be what some people think of when they hear the words “spring break.” But some of Metro’s students found more productive ways to spend their week off, like training to become a lifeguard, volunteering at a refugee center, or hiking and canyoneering in Moab.

Campus Recreation organized a lifeguard training program in the Auraria Event Center swimming pool March 19-23. The Outdoor Adventure program also offered a canyoneering trip in Moab March 18-23.

For the third annual alternative spring break, students volunteered at the African Community Center and Safari Seconds, which are local refugee resettlement programs.

Canyoneering in Moab

Top: A view of Goose Island campground during the first light of the morning. A fresh layer of ice dots the landscape, while a tall canyon wall eroded by the Colorado River rises in the background. The Auraria Outdoor Adventure group camped for five days at Moab over spring break.

Bottom: Outdoor Leadership Specialist Bryan Ferguson demonstrates how to throw a rope down a canyon.

Photos by Mike Fabricius • mfabrici@mscd.edu

Top: Logan Thompson straightens the rope while Chris McIver oversees in preparation to repel into a canyon at the Park Avenue stretch of Arches National Park in Moab.

Bottom: Brian Kell helps Kristen Evans stake her tent into the ground March 18 during a high-wind hail storm at the Auraria Outdoor Adventure base camp. The storm happened within hours of arriving in Moab and much of the first part of the trip was spent trying to stop the gear from being blown away or destroyed.

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American Red Cross Lifeguard Training

Top left: Lifeguard Instructor john Haynes demonstrates how to perform CPR during a lifeguard training course held at Auraria March 20. Haynes is working toward offering life guard training during the semester for elective college credit.

Top Right: Will Steinruck, from Denver, listens to instructions from lifeguard trainer John Haynes during the course.

Bottom right: Adam Houzner, from Denver, practices CPR on a fake baby during the course.

Photos by Carla Ferreira • cferreir@mscd.edu

Alternative Spring Break

Top: Chelsey O’Hare, left, and Phillip Haberman, right, clean out and help organize the warehouse at Safari Seconds as part of the Alternative Spring Break program March. 20.

Right: Jeremy Priest cleans out and help organize the warehouse at Safari Seconds.

Photos by Derek Broussard • dbrouss2@mscd.edu

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8th Paper Fashion Show unfolds at DCPA Nathalia Vélez nvelez@mscd.edu In a small rectangular room with a bright purple door, where paper samples litter every surface, Darius Vale and Brice Sullivan created their attire for the 8th Annual Paper Fashion Show March 15.

The event features designers who create fashion-show-worthy garments made entirely of paper.

It was hosted at the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center Performing Arts Complex. This was the third year Vale and Sullivan had participated.

“I like the deadline and the process of it,” Sullivan said. “I think it does make you get up and make something, rather than take forever tweaking a collection that will never be ready.”

Although it sounds like fun, paper designs bring plenty of challenges. According to Vale, fitting the paper clothes to the models can get hectic.

“There’s no stretching or anything like that, there’s no elastic,” Vale said. “Things fall off, there are tears, glue gives way.”

But for these artists the challenges, like working with a 45-year-old mannequin named Sally Stitch, is part of the process.

it work is that those “Those are the artists stay in town good parts too,” Sulinstead of moving to a livan said. “That’s basibigger city. cally how we’ve learned One of the how to do this over the things that is helping last three years, just promote the Denver trial and error.” fashion scene, accordIn January, Vale ing to Vale, is social and Sullivan started media. With the Interrenting studio space net, people can easily at the Grant St. Art access things that used Studios. The building, to be considered “unformerly a Catholic derground.” school, is old and “Now undercreaky — the perfect ground is wherever place for designers to you want it to be,” get inspired. Although Vale said. “It’s right in the building has been front of you.” for sale for years, the Brice Sullivan and Darius Vale are fashion designers who participated in the 8th annual Paper Fashion Show. For Against all the prospect of finding a photos of outfits at the show, check out metnews.org. Photo by Luke Powell • lpowel18@mscd.edu odds and challenges, new location once it Vale and Sullivan will sells is not something continue to do what they love. They Denver is not typically recof a hobby than a career. He didn’t they look forward to. hope to work on more shows, get ognized as a high fashion city, go to art school and he worked “New means high rent, artists commissioned on more projects but Sullivan and Vale think it’s for years as a warehouse manager don’t want to pay high rent,” Vale and maybe eventually open a store. developing into a good place to be at a wholesale plumbing and tile said. “A place where you have to “This is a labor of love, for sure. an artist. company. Now that the company use the sink and then empty the If you can turn it into sustainabil“I feel like it’s a really good has gone under, he’s able to devote bucket, that’s perfect.” ity, that would be awesome,” Vale city to be in the fashion industry, Vale, 29, studied graphic design more time to paper fashions. said. “But if not, just keep doing it, because it’s sort of growing up as “Usually throughout the year, in college and now works creating putting in front of people for them I’m growing up,” Sullivan said. between the Paper Fashion Shows, signs you might see on a building to see, getting a reaction — that’s With designers like Brandi Brice and I end up commissioning or container. In high school he Shigley and Mondo Guerra making all I need out of it.” something,” Vale said. “We have started a T-shirt company where a name for themselves, Denver is he would screen-print designs onto our fingers crossed for maybe a getting bigger on the fashion map. couple somethings before the next shirts and sell them to his friends.

But, according to Vale, what makes fashion show.”

For Sullivan, 30, art was more

Pack your (brown) bags: 9 sandwiches Kate Rigot krigot@mscd.edu

Let’s face it: bringing a bag lunch to school with you is much easier said than done. You probably don’t have access to a fridge, so that leaves out anything that needs to be served cold or that would suffer from lack of refrigeration, unless you want to lug around an insulated lunchbox. Microwaves are few and far between on campus, so that leaves out anything that would require heating.

Enter the sandwich. Compact, easy to make, sturdy enough to be thrown in a sack and jostled around in your backpack all day, and ready to eat at room temperature, they can even be pulled out and snacked on while walking from class to class.

Everyone is familiar with the humble peanut-butter-and-jelly.

But too much of this classic baglunch fare (while allowing a busy student to squeeze some extra protein and fruit into their day) can get monotonous and boring.

Plus, by the time you’re in college, you’ve probably had one too many

of these.

My reaction to this dilemma is simply to spice things up — literally. It’s amazing what a pinch of spices, a dash of honey, or a substitution of creative-yet-accessible ingredients for the tired old peanut butter and grape jelly can do to liven things up.

What follows is a series of suggestions that, of course, have infinite variations of their own.

For all of the following: -Pick a bread, if not specified, and get two slices of it (duh).

-Slap on the other ingredients in the order listed.

-Don’t measure, just eyeball it.

-Lick off any filling that oozes out the sides so that it doesn’t get all over your sandwich bag or lunch bag.

Apple-Nut Delight

Whole-grain bread with oats and seeds on it Apple butter Drizzle of maple syrup Toasted walnut pieces and raisins, pressed into the first two layers Dashes of ground allspice and ginger Pinch of ground cloves

Berries & Chocolate

Chocolate-hazelnut spread Raspberry or blackberry preserves or fruit spread (or just smoosh some aging berries on there) Pinch of ground cardamom or allspice (opt.)

Apple Harvest

Cinnamon-raisin toast Honey-almond or walnut butter Vanilla-cinnamon cream cheese (opt.)

Apple slices, fresh or sautéed Drizzle of honey or caramel sauce Sprinkle of cinnamon

Strawberries & Cream

Challah bread, if possible Sunflower seed butter (opt.)

Vanilla- or almond-flavored cream cheese (whip cream cheese with vanilla or almond extract and some honey) Sliced fresh strawberries (for an extra-special treat, mix the strawberries with a little sour cream and powdered sugar or honey) Drizzle of honey or chocolate syrup

Banana-Coconut Crunch

½ a banana, squished up a bit with a fork A thick sprinkling of shredded coconut (preferably unsweetened) Sprinkling of chopped peanuts or macadamia nuts Drizzle of honey (enough to get the coconut and nuts to stick together a bit) Dash of ground cinnamon or ginger

Cashew-Apricot-Spice

Pita pocket or other bread Cashew or honey-cashew butter, or peanut butter Apricot preserves, or thinlysliced fresh apricots Drizzle of honey (opt.)

Sprinkle of ground cardamom and/or ginger

The Great Pumpkin Sandwich

Whole-grain toast Honey-butter-pecan butter or maple-almond butter Pumpkin puree beaten with an equal amount of warmed cream cheese, a drizzle of maple syrup, and a dash of pumpkin pie spice A small handful of dried cranberries (opt.)

Orange-Ginger Punch

Peanut butter, cashew butter, or honey-butter-pecan butter Orange marmalade Sliced crystallized ginger Dashes of ginger and cloves

Lemon-Cream Surprise

Challah bread, if possible Lemon curd Strawberry slices (opt.)

Thick sour cream (the least watery you can find) mixed with a little agave nectar A good sprinkling of poppy seeds

For more recipes, check out metnews.org.

DIY Nut Butter You don’t really need a recipe – just put a bunch of whatever kind of nuts you want in a blender with a dash of any cooking oil you like (olive or sunflower oil is good) and hit blend until it’s pureed to the consistency you’re after. Add a little water or more oil to make it smoother.

You can also add a dash of salt, some spices, vanilla extract, or whatever you think will go. Just add a little bit at a time, taste, and adjust.

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Martin Sexton drops new album At one of the darkest points in his career, Martin Sexton was getting shut down for street performing by the Cambridge police. Now, the New York-based artist sells out venues like the Fillmore in San Francisco and the Ogden Theatre in Denver, where he will play to a dedicated crowd March 29. The ever-changing, tough times of America seem to weigh heavy on Sexton. A song like “Sugarcoating” calls in to question the strange feelings and questions surrounding the events of 9/11.

The Metropolitan spoke to Sexton — who considers himself an everyman and a proponent of unity — about his role as an artist, his connection to Denver, and his latest, reasonably priced EP Fall Like Rain.

Well-crafted Americana songs seem to come naturally to singer-songwriter Martin Sexton.

Interview by Wesley Reyna • wreyna1@mscd.edu WR: The song “Sugarcoating” touches on a sensitive subject. As an artist, are you ever scared about alienating your fans?

MS: I kind of feel like, sometimes, there is a duty upon me as an artist to take chances; to write songs that some people might disagree with and others might agree with. As a performer I want people to love me, but as an artist I feel a duty to serve my conscience.

WR: How long have you felt that way?

MS: I have always been this way. From my very first record that I made in my friend’s attic, I had written a song called “My Face is Gone.” That song was about when I was a street singer [and] the cops were shutting us down in Cambridge, Massachusetts just for singing on the street. I couldn’t believe [that], in a liberal town like Cambridge, the cops would shut singers down. That just baffled me. It was like I had lost all my faith in the world.

WR: Some of your songs can deal with heavy topics and American life, but you seem to have a positive overall outlook.

MS: I just feel like we’re in the new ‘60s now.

Whether you’re from the left or right, I love you either way. I’m just American. I like

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having rights and I like having a constitution and the ability to fight back if I have to.

I don’t think that’s left or right, red or blue, black or white and gay or straight, I think that’s just American.

WR: For not having any major radio play or any huge singles, your fans seem to be very dedicated. Do you ever wish you had some big singles?

MS: It’s a blessing and a curse. It’s a curse in a way, [because] I’ve never had a topten hit [and], because a lot of good things come from it — better slots at festivals and whatever. But it usually wears out in a couple months. Then you’re kind of that guy that sang that song. That’s where the “blessing” part of not having that big number one hit comes in. It’s beautiful because there’s no one song that people are waiting [to hear] at my shows. The success I’ve enjoyed has been a more constant, continual, slow-growing success.

WR: Although your fan base has continued to grow, you’ve been able hang on to your early fans. Why is that?

MS: Most of the people that listen to me get a pretty strong connection. I hear this from

the people that I meet. I feel honored because they will tell me, “Hey we walked down the aisle to your tune,” or, “My father played this record for me right before he passed.” There is always this really strong, cool connection.

Those fans they don’t go away.

WR: You have a sizeable following in Denver.

Do you feel any connection to the city?

MS: One thing I’m blessed with in Denver is a station like KBCO 97.3 FM. They’re an important station in the radio world. They’ll play things that maybe every other station in the world is not playing. I am really grateful for stations like KBCO for spinning my records, as well as just the wonderful openminded people in Colorado that tend to make up their own minds. I don’t know if it’s a western thing or a mountain thing or what — [people] tend to not be so infiltrated by mainstream, corporatized music. I like that.

WR: Why did you decide to start your own record label to release your music?

MS: I took the tip from artists like Ani DiFranco that have been doing it on their own and it’s really been a great experience.

Every time I put out a record we just hire the distributor and get the record in the store

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Jealousy Monster

8tracks.com

In February 2011, Danny Stillman and Alex Anderson started the refreshing and intriguing dance project known as ManCub.

By July 2011, Danny Stillman had left ManCub to pursue other musical interests like Jealously Monster, among others.

Similar to ManCub, Jealously Monster is a duo that implements electronic elements to make inspired electronica tunes, but it features the guitar work of Stillman as well as Forrest Graham, the former frontman of local math-rock trio, Portamento. This January, the duo’s put their self-titled EP up on Bandcamp for a “name your price” download.

Overall, the EP is much more mellow than ManCub’s 8 Bit Crush debut or Portamento’s catalogue, but the catchy guitar riffs, melodic vocal lines and simple production make these six tracks easy to love.

With Jealously Monster, both Stillman and Graham get less technical than any of

Eight tracks are back. Well, not quite, but on 8tracks.com, Internet radio takes a retro turn for the ‘70s.

Since David Porter founded 8tracks in 2006 and officially launched it in 2008, 8tracks.com has been personalizing the Internet radio experience.

8tracks’ vision, according to the website, deals with a belief that “handcrafted music programming trumps algorithms … Listeners get a unique blend of word-of-mouth sharing and radio programming on a global scale.”

It’s simple — anyone with an 8tracks account can create a mix using music from their own library or from the website’s cloud. After uploading at least eight songs into their playlist, users can publish it to the website, where other 8tracks’ users can listen and like the playlist.

By allowing users to create customized playlists, 8tracks.com offers up the feeling of

their previous projects. If anything, this change in songwriting recalls a less complex Minus the Bear or even some of Mogwai’s newer material. Either way, Jealously Monster makes good driving music, not songs for the club scene.

While “Stephen Walking” and “Eat My Pop” are the most upbeat tracks, a cut like “Electric Cowboy” offers up some lovely, ethereal sounds just in time for spring.

Ian Gassman • igassman@mscd.edu

and on iTunes. Everyone does their job and it’s great. Everybody who works on my project works in America. I’d love to see more of that happening.

WR: It seems like you probably have a bit more freedom than some artists.

MS: I’m not aligned with any major corporations to sell alcohol, cars or insurance. It’s kind of cool; it’s kind of a free feeling. I don’t really have to care what people in high places might think.

WR: Why did you decide to put out an EP right now instead of waiting to put out a fulllength album later?

MS: I like it. It’s a good little record. It’s got five tunes just enough to keep you humming along for 25 minutes and I wanted to get it out now. The tunes on it are relevant now.

A lot of people are not working or underemployed in this country, so for $5 they can get a new record.

Martin Sexton 8 p.m., March 29 @ Ogden Theatre, $30

bootlegging old mixtapes.

Beyond that, 8tracks offers artists exposure — users can upload their own musical creations to the website, as well as show the world their personal favorites.

With Internet radio websites such as Pandora and Slacker offering people a new frontier, this website brings back the person into personalized Internet radio.

Instead of listening to a playlist linked together only by artist or genre, many of these playlists are linked by feelings or preferences.

By offering an online listening experience that is customized by emotional context and content, 8tracks is another interesting factor when it comes to Internet radio.

Nikki Work • nwork@mscd.edu

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Chain Gang breaks out of America Wesley Reyna • wreyna1@mscd.edu Kamtin Mohager spent his teens and early twenties playing in groups around Denver and Boulder before his main project, The Chain Gang of 1974, took him to L.A. Now he is looking to take the group out of the country.

Born in California and raised in Hawaii, Mohager moved to Denver at the age of 10.

Mohager’s list of influences run about as far and wide as the path he’s traveled in his 26 years. You can hear traces of indie dance groups like LCD Soundsystem or Justice, as well as ‘80’s acts like Tears For Fears or Chameleon.

Soon, Mohager will be finishing a nearly three month tour with Miniature Tigers before setting out on another U.S. tour with Neon Trees to support the international release of his 2011 album, Wayward Fire.

Although the album was released in the U.S. almost a year ago, Mohager won’t be playing in the U.S. for a while following this upcoming tour.

Wayward Fire, the groups’ debut on Warner Bros. Record imprint Modern Art Records, found him obsessing over failed love in the catchiest ways possible. Now, Mohager seems less fixated on any single failed situation. Instead, he seems a bit jaded about the whole American music machine and he’s

ready to put it into another album or two.

“My goal is to have two releases out this year and then mainly concentrate on stuff in Europe and other countries,” Mohager said. “I kind of want to give America a little break. We’ve been touring here for too long.

My biggest goal is to bring this music to an audience that I think will believe in it and support it and hear it the way it’s supposed to be heard.”

While the shift in focus may not be permanent, it seems to make sense for the group — which started nearly five years ago with Mohager playing bass live to pre-recorded backing tracks — to travel outside the country. The band has since grown to include a full live backing band, with Mohager as the frontman and main songwriter.

“I’ve come to the realization that we tour like a punk band and we’re constantly going,” Mohager said, explaining that while, “Things are going well, the more we tour though, the more we’re realizing we need to bring the music overseas and to other countries. We can already see, based on social media, that we do better in other countries than we do in America.”

Bands like The Strokes, The Killers and Kings of Leon have all seen success spark across the pond before the ripples really

After a new EP, Kamtin Mohager plans to kick up dust overseas with The Chain Gang of 1974.

Photo courtesy of The Chain Gang of 1974 began to happen here in America. Mohager plans to follow the same path as those bands.

The Chain Gang of 1974’s songs have been featured on video games FIFA ‘12 and FIFA Street. Since those games have been released, Mohager and his bandmates have seen a massive increase in listeners from South America.

American fans may feel a bit left out by Mohager’s shift in the group’s future touring plans but they shouldn’t have to wait long for new material.

“I have three weeks in between this tour and the Neon Trees’ tour, so I’m going to record a new EP,” Mohager said. Acting as a sort of buffer between full-length albums,

the currently untitled EP sounds like it will be a practical turning point for the project.

“I think the EP will be pretty similar to Wayward Fire. I’m kind of in a dark spot in my life at the moment. The new material is heavily based off anger. I’m an angry man.

I’m very angry towards society, the human race, the idea of love, the idea of loyalty, I don’t really believe in it anymore,” Mohager said.

The Chain Gang of 1974 continues to make visible strides in its musical growth, adding to its list of influences the same way its creative force Mohager continues to collect experiences and figure out what the future holds for both for him and his project.

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Candyman and Twisted’s passion

If local rappers Candyman and Twisted got a million dollars, they would probably still be all about the music. Yes, brothers Jerrel “Twisted” Larkins and Jesse “Candyman” Larkins are two emphatic rappers with a sound that is comparable to Hopsin or Tech N9ne, but they also work hard. As in, they produce hip-hop music that, combined with their vibe on stage, has the power to whip fans into a mosh pit.

The Metropolitan spoke to the brothers about past setbacks, why they are all about live performances and about their latest 3-part mixtape, Dilligaf.

Josh Gaines • jgaines8@mscd.edu

JG: Who helped Candyman and Twisted get started with music?

Jerrel: All the respect goes to my cousin — shout out to A-Dilla of Laying It Down records. He is out in Houston right now. He started the movement for us. He got me into the passion for music and it took off from there.

JG: Are there any artists that have been inspirations for your versatile sound? Specifically, which rappers do you enjoy?

Jesse: For me its any music. I don’t care if it’s John Mayer or John Legend, I listen to almost anything. Music is our passion. Anything that somebody can really feel and I hear it, I love that shit.

JG: How did you get the name Twisted? Is it related to your style of rapping?

Jerrel: When I was a juvenile doing time, that’s when they gave me the name “Twisted” because I would rap really fast.

JG: In light of your new single, do you guys consider yourselves “Problem Solvers?”

Jerrel: “Problem Solver” is, flat out, a song where we just “handle it.” If there’s a fucking problem, then we’re going to handle it. Ev-

erything you hear about in our music, every lyric you hear, its not [fake]. It’s all shit that we’ve done — you can check my record.

JG: You two have performed with Slim Thug and Young Buck, among others. What is it about the way you perform that makes a connection between you and your audiences?

Jesse: I think about what would I want to see if I came to a show. Between [Jerrel’s] facial features and the movements, we really put time and effort into what we’re doing to [entertain fans].

JG: Do you think going to jail helped you both develop your sound?

Jerrel: I will say, it builds your character.

Jesse: It helps make you into the person you are going to be in life. You can’t be a kid; you have to grow up.

JG: Do you face struggles as independent artists?

Jerrel: You need to have money in Colorado.

If you don’t have money, you are not going to go very far. You can get the fans that you want, but money [provides]. We’ve become fully independent. We make our own beats, we design our own album covers [because]

After getting locked up, Candyman and Twisted locked down their careers as local rappers.

Photo courtesy of Candyman and Twisted we spit our life through our music.

Jesse: We are unsigned artists at their finest and we are only going to keep getting better.

It’s a passion [and] I can’t do it without [support].

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’Runners basketball not elite enough

Men’s season ends after giving up late lead in Elite Eight again struggled down the stretch.

Montevallo took the lead off of two free throws from Antoine Davis after he was fouled by junior guard Jonathan Morse.

“It was a good call. The refs did a good job,” Clark said. “At the same time, that is who we are. We are an aggressive team.”

After the free throw, Brotherson’s inbound pass was stolen by the Falcons as they held on for the win.

Though Metro finished a couple of wins short of a national title, Clark was proud of his team

Kyle Poland kpoland1@mscd.edu The Metro men’s basketball team let a late lead slip away as they fell 67-65 to University of Montevallo (Ala.) March 21. The game was part of the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament, ending their season in Highland Heights, Kentucky.

Metro was up by eight with 4:49 left, but couldn’t hold on after allowing seven straight points to the Flacons.

“We had that game right where we needed to be: up six with 2:30 left,” Metro head coach Derrick Clark said. “[We] just couldn’t close it out.”

The Roadrunners were led by senior guard Reggie Evans and senior forward Paul Brotherson.

Brotherson came off the bench and recorded his first career double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Evans led all ’Runners in scoring with 20 points.

Brotherson, who played his final game as a Roadrunner, reflected upon his time with Metro after the loss.

“It has been the best two years of my life,” Brotherson said. “I love my team like my brothers.”

The Roadrunners were up by one point at halftime, 34-33, after allowing a 6-0 run to close the half.

In the second half, Metro once

Metro senior guard Reggie Evans flies high as he dunks the ball during the Elite Eight round of the NCAA D-II basketball tournament March 21 at the Bank of Kentucky Center in Highlands Heights, Ky. Metro lost the game 67-65 to the University of Montevallo. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu

after the game.

“I would go to war with this team right here every year,” Clark said. “They did things the right way.”

Montevallo went on to the Final Four where they beat Bellarmine University (Ky.), 79-72, before losing in the national championship game to Western Washington University 72-65.

Metro finished 25-7 on the year, and will have high hopes for next season. Only Evans and Brotherson are leaving the team as seniors.

Metro senior guard Reggie Evans and senior forward Paul Brotherson hunt down a loose ball in the Elite Eight game March 21 against the University of Montevallo.

The 67-65 loss was the last game that Brotherson and Evans will play for Metro.

Brotherson recorded his first ever double-double and Evans led the team in scoring with 20 points. Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu

Ty Jacobs leads the way against Cougars

Ben Bruskin bbruskin@mscd.edu

Metro’s baseball team took three of four games from Colorado Christian University March 23 and 24 at Auraria Field.

However, the bigger story was Metro senior pitcher Ty Jacobs.

Jacobs’ weekend consisted of masterful performances both at the plate and on the mound.

While batting, Jacobs hit an incredible 12-17 in the series, including performances of 4-4 and 5-5.

On the mound, Jacobs was just as good, pitching in all three of the Roadrunners’ wins.

Though he pitched just one inning in each of those three games, the righthander recorded his first

win and his third and fourth saves of the season.

The win came during a 9-8 lastinning victory by the ’Runners, when they scored the winning run on a dramatic wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th.

In Metro’s 2-1 and 11-9 victories over the Cougars, Jacobs notched the saves, finishing the weekend with an ERA of 3.00.

For his efforts, Jacobs earned RMAC/Rawlings player of the week. To top it off, Jacobs also earned National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Central Region player of the week.

Metro’s loss on the weekend came in game two of the series, when the Roadrunners gave up three runs in the seventh inning on

their way to a 4-3 defeat.

Metro’s record now sits at 8-14 overall, 5-11 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. The ’Runners are currently in last place in the four team Mountain Division within the RMAC, and their winning percentage of .364 is good enough for the seventh spot in the eight team conference. Only Colorado Christian has a smaller win percentage at .167.

Next up for the ’Runners is a three game series on the road, against Regis University, March 30 through April 1. The Raiders are 10-14 overall this year, 5-11 in RMAC play, and currently sit in third place just ahead of CCU in the Plains Division.

Metro freshman centerfielder Mitch Gibbons is called safe after a wild pitch allowed him to score the game-winning run against Colorado Christian University March 24 at Auraria Field. The Roadrunners won the game 9-8.

Photo by Rachel Fuenzalida • rfuenzal@mscd.edu

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Manning to Denver a great combination

The Broncos should expect big things out of their new QB

Nick Ohlig nohlig@mscd.edu Cookies and milk, peanut butter and jelly, ice cream and chocolate sauce.

All of these combinations are great, but Peyton Manning and the Broncos, though not as classic, is better.

What an unbelievable signing. I can’t wait to see Manning in Broncos Orange next season.

But there are a few people who are doubting Manning’s ability to be a successful quarterback. May I remind them, this is a future Hall of Fame quarterback.

The Denver Broncos and Manning will be successful for many reasons.

1. The offensive line. This was the second youngest offensive line in the NFL last season and they

showed they could protect a pocket quarterback in Kyle Orton, and a scrambling QB in Tim Tebow.

2. The running game. The Broncos’ running game was the best in the league last season. Now, some would argue that the great running game of the Broncos was due to Tebow. However, when Manning takes control of the new pass-happy offense, he will find a favorable match-up against the defense and change the play to a run at the line of scrimmage if need be.

In Manning’s successful career, that formula has worked to produce excellent seasons for running backs Joseph Addai and Donald Brown. Plus, Willis McGahee showed signs that he can produce in any style of running game.

3. The defense. During Manning’s time with Indianapolis, their defense was most effective when the Colts had the lead. Now that Manning is in Denver, he is going play with a defense that is balanced. Unlike the Colts, the Broncos’ defense can play from behind, ahead or tied. And when they are ahead, as Manning’s teams usually are, stud defensive ends Elvis Du-

mervil and Von Miller will be able to do what they do best — rush the passer and not worry about stopping the run.

4. Manning is motivated. Here is a future Hall of Famer who just saw his little brother Eli win another Super Bowl with the New York Giants. Do you think it is possible that maybe Peyton wants to tie Eli in Super Bowl rings?

Another motivating factor is that he was cut from the only franchise he was part of for the past 14 years.

I have a gut feeling that Manning wants Colts’ owner Jim Irsay to regret the decision to let him go.

5. The AFC West is weak. The competition in this division is bad. The Kansas City Chiefs still have a below average quarterback in Matt Cassel, and the Oakland Raiders are a penalty producing conundrum. And somehow, the San Diego Chargers still have Norv Turner as their head coach, which usually results in at least one long losing streak during the season.

One reason that some people are not sold on Manning is because he had a neck injury that resulted in four surgeries and cost him the

2011 season. However, doctors have said that Manning’s neck is stronger than ever.

“In the field of spine surgery and professional athletes, we have a fairly strong consensus that if you have a one-level cervical fusion, you can recover and go back and safely play,” said Dr. William Tobler, a neurosurgeon at the Mayfield Clinic in Cincinnati, according to a press release.

Another anti-Manning argument, is that at 36, he’s too old. But just because a quarterback gets old doesn’t mean his play deteriorates.

Brett Favre played well into his late 30s and so did John Elway.

Speaking of Elway, he has been highly criticized since trading Tebow away. Now, let me be clear: I am still a Tebow fan and I do believe he will win a Super Bowl one day. But now that Tebow is a New York Jet, I think this was best thing to happen to the young left y. Now, he can go to an organization that actually wants him to succeed. I guarantee you that Jets’ coach Rex Ryan loves Tebow. I think he will thrive in the Big Apple.

Another big plus of the Tebow

trade was the Broncos got some valuable draft picks. Although a fourth and a sixth round draft pick may not be as sexy as a first or second round draft pick, the Broncos can use those picks to move up to the third round where they can draft a cornerback or a running back.

Over the years, Broncos Nation has seen some great football, some average football and some bad football. Fans should be excited about this year as Peyton Manning will lead the Broncos in great football.

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Metro tennis teams tame Thunderwolves Men edge out a close one while women get clean sweep Angelita Foster amayer1@mscd.edu Metro’s tennis teams defeated Colorado State University at Pueblo in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opener at Gates Tennis Center March 24. The women’s team denied the Thunderwolves any points with a 9-0 win, and the men’s team won 5-4.

The women’s team started off the shutout in a doubles match with Metro junior Alicia Holm and senior Nadia Khamis beating CSUP’s Nicole Pilot and Ciera Frankmore 8-0 in the number one seed.

Holm met Pilot again in the No. 1 singles match where Holm won 6-0, 6-1.

“Alicia was on and off the court pretty quickly,” Metro head coach Beck Meares said. “She played straight tennis without anything fancy. She played high percentage type tennis.”

Metro’s women then went on to win all six singles matches in straight sets. The win started the Lady ’Runners off at 1-0 in RMAC play and they now sit at 8-8 overall.

They are also ranked fourth in the region.

“All six girls took care of their singles matches,” Meares said.

“They knew what they had to do and they did it.”

Coming off an 8-1 loss to Bethany, Kan., earlier in the day, the men regrouped and won their conference match-up against CSUP. Metro senior Lucio Cangiano and junior Gabriel Vlahos won their singles matches at the one and two spots but couldn’t gain any momentum in doubles play, losing 8-2. Cangiano went down 3-6 in the first set but was able to come back 6-4, 6-2 to win. Vlahos defeated his opponent in straight sets.

“We had a slow start in doubles,” Cangiano said. “Once they break your serve it is hard to come back.”

With losses in singles at the three, four, and five spots, it was Metro junior Alec Parmenter’s win at the sixth spot that put a tick in the win column for the men.

The Roadrunners are now 1-0 in the RMAC and 10-4 overall. The

Metro junior Gabriel Vlahos reaches for a backhand in a match against Colorado State University at Pueblo inside Gates Tennis Center March 24. Vlahos won his singles match in straight sets, helping the men’s team earn a 5-4 victory over the Thunderwolves. Photo by Nathan Federico • nfederic@mscd.edu

men’s team is ranked second in the region and No. 43 in the nation.

However, whether it’s Metro’s ranking or their opponents’, Meares and her staff do not let the

numbers affect the way they go about their business.

“The way we prepare our teams, it doesn’t matter if it’s for a tough team or not, if it is at num-

ber one or number six.” Meares said. “We tell our kids to play like it’s for nationals.”

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