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The Metro softball team gathers at home plate to celebrate a home run hit by junior Jessica Haab in the bottom of the fifth inning during the RMAC Championship gameagainst Mesa State May 2 at Auraria Fields. The Roadrunners won the game 8-0, forcing the mercy rule in the sixth inning. photo [y shawi lacHugh . smchug h I @mscd.edu

Softball wins RMAC crownAfter only two seasons, women shut out Mesa State for title

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From lefl Student Government_ Assembly President Andrew Bateman, sen. Roltie Heath, D-Boulder, Rep. NancyTodd, D-Aurora, and MetroPresidert Stephen Jordan watch as Gov. Bill Ritter signs House Bill 1295 May 5 at the State Capitol, ;this bill aliows students attracted toMetro, because ofthe uniqueness ofthe education there, to achieve a master's degreej'commented Heath, one ofthe bill,s sponsors.Photo by Leah Millis . lmillis@mscd.edu

Grad programs'icing on the cake'Metro brouehtto next levelbvmaster's degrees

By Tara Moberlytmoberly@mscd.edu

Metro's plan to add master's de-gree programs cleared the final hurdleMay 4 when Gov Bill Ritter approvedthe plan and signed it into law.

Qn May 5, Ritter held a ceremonialpublic signing of House Bill 1295 atthe Capitol, though he actually signedthe bill the previous day to meet legis-lative deadlines.

"I wanted to do this and do it pub-licly because we think it's such an rm-portant bill for students," Ritter said,noting that his brother graduated fromMetro. 'It is in fact one of the largesturban colleges in America and it serveswith great distinction. It is just a fan-tastic institution. This allows Metro tobecome even more competitive than itis today."

The addition of graduate-level de-gree programs will prepare thousandsof additional Metro students to suc-ceed in the 2l st-cdntury workplace,Ritter said.

Ritter noted that the addition ofgraduateJevel prograrns will athact

more faculty and help Metro retainstudents, sentiments President Ste-phen Jordar: echoed when he spoke tothe crowd gathered in the West Atriumof the Capitol.

"Whenever an institution is gir€nthe authority to offer a higher degree,it is a rnilestone," he said.

When Jordan set out four years agoto bring the college to preeminence,he set a benchmark. Once Metro wasas widely recognized in Denver as theCity University of New York - an ur-ban public university that Metro hasmodeled itself after - is worldwide,the college would have reached pre-eminence.

For this to happen, the college setfour goals to accomplish. FAst, it need-ed to offer programs that were essen-tial to the worKorce, tlen offer alford-able graduate degrees. This worlld helpaccomplish the third goal of improvingretention, especially among studentsof color.

Graduate-level programs havebeen proven to boost retention amongthese students, Jordan said.

Iastly, the college aimed to movecloser to becoming a Hispanic ServingInstitute, a target lordan said he be-lieves will be reached with the additionof master's level progr: ns.

The teacher education, account-

ing and social work programs will the signing due to a vote in the House,now work on forming a curriculum butreleased a statementabout the pas-plan and rvorking with a task force - sage of the bill.- which will be assembled soon - to "I'm very proud of the good workform solid plans for implanting mas- that Metro State does, particularly forter's level classes in those programs for non-traditional and at-risk students.fall 2010, Metro spokeswoman Cathy We are now expanding the scope ofLucas said. education opportunities and this will

The bill was sponsored by Reps. go a long way towards preparing aTom Massey, R-Poncha Springs, and work force for the future in Colorado,"Nancy Todd, D-Aurora, and Sen. Rot- Massey said in a press release.lie Heath, D-Boulgr. Board of Trustee Chairwoman

"It's iust the icing on the cake," Adele Phelan also joined Jordan atTodd said prior to signing the. bill. the signing. thanking the entire Metro"Metro State used to be a secret. It's no cornmunity for helping push the billlonger a secret. Dr. (Stephen) Jordan through before declaring it "a greathas made it so well known throughout day for Metro."the state and the country." Thetrustees approved the graduate

Heath recounted his days work- degree program Dec. 3 - the first steping with students at Denver's Manual that allowed Jordan to then seek legis-High School. sharing with the crowd lative approval to add the programs.that many of those kids dreamed of Lucas also noted there has been agoing to Meho, lot of hterest in the master's degree

"To take this to the next level was programs, especially from potentiald dream and I'm glad to be a part of students interested in the programs.making that dream come true," Heath The approval of the bill came onsaid. "This bill allows student attracted the heels of news that the loint Budgetto Metro, because of the uniqueness of Committee approved Metro's Studentthe education there, to achieve a mas- Success Building and the Holel learn-ter's degree, IlB 129 5 will expand op ing Center May 1, clearing the way.forportunities for these students and pro- the projects to begin, and ends whatvide more options for these students to has been a tense semester, full of badadvance their education." news from the legislature, ga a high

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Winner of the Apprentice Challenge, Felipe Mosqueda rises to collect his scholarship check May 4 inthe Tivoli Turnhalle. Mosqueda beat out four other competitors to win the 2ooo Apprentice Chil-lenge. Photo by Adriana Carlson . acarlslS@mscd.edu

President Stephen Jordan, right, and wife Ruth Jordan, cast theirvote the night of May 4 in the fivoli Turnhalle during the Appren-tice Challenge. The semester-long challenge posed four individualprojects the contestants completed to be eligible to win the Ap-prentice Challenge. Photo by Adriana Carlson . acarls t 5@mscd.edu

Apprentice takes all in boardroomMosqueda namedwinner of 2OO9competition

By Caitlin Gibbonscgibbon4@mscd.edu

The second annual ApprenticeChallenge has come to a close, andthe winner of this year's cycle is Fe-Iipe Mosqueda, a marketing maior.

Mosqueda was one of five iuniorsto take on the Apprentice Challenge,which is loosely based on the realityIV show hosted by Donald Trump.

The other competitors were Ra-chael Fisher, a journalism maior,Chantay Banks, criminal iusticaJeannine Malm, chemistry and JesseMartinez, an individualized degreeprogram maior focusing on politicalsociolory.

The Mebo students completedfour challenges over the course ofthe spring semester br a chance towin a paid interrxhip with one of thesponsor companies, as well as a full-ruition scholarship for their senioryear.

The challenges all centeredaround imprwing the Meho andDenver communities.

For the ffrst challenge, the com-petitors designbd a business modelto improve thd Metro Food Bank andMosqueda sewed as the team leader.He said it was a project he could re.late to as a student who has strug-gled to pay for groceries in additionto the cost of rent and other livingexpenses.

The second challenge helpedComcast implement and executee-cycle drives throughout Denver torerycle electronic waste. For this chal-lenge the five apprentices n'ere splitinto two gmups. Mosqueda and Mar-tinez on one team, and Fisher, Malmq1d !,anks on the other. Mosqueda

and Martinez rivon the challenqe,even a team member short.

For the third challenge, the apprentices worked with the ColoradoHousing and Finance Authority tohelp citizens in Douglas County fac-ing foreclosure. The contestantsworked as a whole to increase aware-ness . of resources available forhomeowners in foreclosure.

The fourth and final project hadthe competitors team up with KaiserPermenante and LiveWell Colorado toencourage children in the Westwoodneighborhood to walk to school.

In addition to completing thefour projects, contestatrts were alsorequired to keep a blog about their€xperiences. The contestants thenfaced the final event, The Boardroom,May 4.

The audience, along with a pan-el of six judges, decided the 2OO9apprentice winner.

The six ludges were Emilia Paulfrom the Ofrce of Student Life, JohnRobinson of IIMB Bank Colorado,Milroy Alexander of the ColoradoHousing and Finance Authority, R.C.Montola from Big Horn Multirne-dia, Sara O'Keefe from The ColoradoHealth Foundation and Ruth Rohsfrom Comcast, O'Keefe, Robinson,Alexander and Montoya are Metroalumni.

A video for each challenge r,vasshown, and after the contestanrswere each asked a question abouttheir involvement in the project.

After the videos lor all four proj-ects were screened, the audience casttheir vote, utilizing wireless votingdevices. The audience vote did notsolely decide the two finalists, Malmand Mosqueda, but was a factor,

The two finalists were asked ashort series of questions about whythey should be named &e 2009 Apprentic€.

Metro President Stephen Jordanhelped to present a novelty check toMosqueda. He ioled it would be theonly check Mosqueda would everreceive that would actually increasein value, as tuition will increase overthe summer.

Malm, the other finalist, said shewas happy to have been a part of thecompetition.

"It was a really good experience.I learned so much more than I evercould have learned an].where else,"Malm said.

Fisher said the comp€tition wasan exciting experience.

"I learned a lot of infonnation.learned, grew and developed. I haveexperienced things a lot of otherMetro students will never have theopportunity to," Fisher said.

Q & A with Apprentice Challenge winner Felipe MosquedaBy Caitf in Gibbons . The Metropolitan

Q: Looking back, why did you Q: When you started the Ap-decide to takc part of the Ap- prentice Challenge four monthcprenticc Challenge tlfs eemes- ago, did you expect to winter?

gram I was very inexperienced in allthis. Coming out of the ffrst proiect Ididn't know what I was doing. In thesecond proiect when I got involvedwith fesse, he showed me what it is tohave a vlsion and to implement it.

Q: What kind of dynamic wasthere between the cornFetitors

' durlng the competition?

A: There was a lot of support.Like anything when you spend a lotof time with a person or with people,you tend to sometimes butt heads.There }!ere instances when thatwould happen, and disagreementsfor the most part as to r,ltrat should bethe plan. But for the most part therewas a lot of support when one per-son wolld be in charge of being theleader, we would all back that personup, and provide them with the best ofour qualities we had to complete thetask at hand.

A: I think I was at a point inschool where I felt like I needed to bechallenged in some l,r'ay. I felt like Iwasn't growing as much as iust be-ing in class, reading books and hav-ing lectures. I felt like I needed to dosome sort of an internship. This was a

, perfect opportunity to have that andalso get some sort of scholarship.

Q: Now that it is all said anddone, are you happy you partici.pated?

A: Of course. It's definitely beena iourney. The thing I appreciate themost is the person I have become be-cause of it, It's been an intense fourmonths, and it definitely pushed meoutside my comfort zone. I've comeout a different oerson.

A: I kept affrming that I wouldwin without being too attached toit. I mean by that, people would say,"are going 0o win?" and I would say,"yeah I'm going to win. " It $?s a wayto alfirm in my mind that I wouldwin. It &'asn't a hope, it was an af-firmation. It wasn't arrogant at alli itwas a $"ay to alfirm !o myself that Iwas here to win.

Q: Loolidng at the othercompetitors, who did you thinkwould win?

A: They did interviews with usand asked us who we thought shouldhave won. Well, the only thing Icould say was for me, was my teach-er throughout the apprentice, IesseMartinez. He challenged me in a lotof ways. When I started with the prc

Ql What effect did the chal-lenge have on your academics?

A: In the beginning I was doinga little more than full-time. However,since the challenge is very time-con-suming, but definitely worth it ob-viously, I ended up rlropping a fewclasses. But the one classes I kept Iended up doing very well in. I hadto keep up with my iob and a lot ofother stuff.

Q: What would you changeabout the Apprentice Challenge?

A: I wouldn't change much, Ithink one thing that threw our groupoff was having people rlrop out,

It would have been more excitingif we had separate teams, like we didin the second proiect. It would havemotivated us to do even better.

Q: What advice would youglve to fuhlre competitors?

A: Be committed to the outcome,but Dot attached to it. Also, try to re-main neutral with the whole team,even if you do get along with certaincompetitors. Also be respectftrl withthe judges.

Q: What ul"as the moit rc-wardng cxperlence of the chal-lenge?

A: Getting to meet all the othercontenders, It's amazing how muchI've learned fmm all of them, Yourarely get a chance to spend thatmuch time with people and get tolmow their strengths. When yousee their strengths you tend to shinewith them.

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Studentsoutragedover fee

ByTara Moberlytmoberly@mscd.edu

It's been more than two weeks since Metrostudents took to the polls and approved a stu-dent fee to finance the Student Success Build-ing, but many are still clueless about the ad-ditional fee that will be tacked onto their billsnext semester.

"I saw some things in chalk. but I didn'tknow that's rvhat they were for," Metro speechpathology major Megan Macbeth said.

Like many. Macbeth - who did not votein the election - knew little about the add!tional cost she would be paying. "They shouldbe more obvious about it," said computer in,formation systems major Zach Dickerson, whodid not vote. when asked what the college couldhave done better to inform students.

Accounting major Edith Lulao did not v.oteeither. "I heard about it, but I didn't know theexact charge. There are a lot more studentsthan just those that voted. Three hundred stu-dents can't make a decision for 20,000," Lulaosaid.

More than three percent of the total stu-dent population - 712 students - voted in thereferendum, with 53 percent, 380 students,in favor of adopting the fee. Meho is home to21,787 students.

Lulao suggested the administration requirea certain amount of students to vote for theCapital Building Fee to pass.

Seleral students expressed disgust with themethods Metro used to disseminate informa-tlon about the referendum and what it wouldmean for students.

While there were signs posted at Auraria,most could not remember seeing them. Stu-dents had seen informafon broadcasted viaMetroconnect and e-mail.

'Half the people aren't computer literate,'Dickerson said.

Regardless of outrage over the fee, stu-dents will begin to pay in the fall when a $5.25per-credit-hour fee will be added to tuition. Forstudents taking 12 credit hours, their bitl willincrease by $63. Each fall the fee will increase,totaling $145.20 in the fall of 2011 and max-ing out at $237.60 in the {all of 2012. The feewill remain until the building is paid for.

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Criminal mlschietAfterJasmineTarango made advances on Alexander Bozzy,Tarango's boyfriend, Kyle Staebell, and Bony began arguing. Push

came to shove and shove came to stab, according to Denver Police reports. Despite Tarango's best efforts, Staebell allegedly

stabbed Bozzy. The victim left his room on ttre 22ndfloor of The Inn at Auraria, leaving a trail of blood behind him. The dorm

was a crime scene until 5 a.m. Staebell was arrested at 3:30 a.m. Dec. 6, 2008 - the weekend before flnal exams were to

begin. 'As people are distracted from their studies (by crimes) they are more likely to do poorly on their tests,"

Metro Associate Professor of Criminal ]ustice Hal Nees said.

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Wolf said the Auraria Founda-tion has been in talks with the threeschools to provide some oversight.

"There have been some discus-sions," he said. "But it's a legal tech-nicality, all the dorrns are private andtrot a part of the Auraria campus."

Angelique Salazar, whose familyowns The Regency, said she wantsmore collaboration with the threeschools. But she said The Regency'sprogram of buikling communitywithin the dorm is a better deter-rent.

"The schools are a great r€-source," she said. "But, we see a dropin crime when people respect t}rcircommunity."

There was a 21 percent droP inphone calls to 91 1 at The RegencY in2008. There were 34 total calls com-pared to 43 tut 2OO7.In 2008 therewere five calls regarding narcotics,

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hvo others saw a decrease in re-porting. But at least one olflcial isshocked at how few crimes are beingreoorted.

More than 1OO phone calls wereplaced to 911 from Jan. 5, 2008, toDec.27,2008, regarding The Innat Auraria, a dorm owned by TheAuraria Foundation, the non-profitarm of the Auraria Higher Muca-tion C€nter.

AHEC manages the campus usedby Metro, UCD and CCD.

In the same year reporting roseatThe Inn, it dropped by 21 percent

at The Regency and 36 percent atCa.rrpus Village, tle other two facili-ties that provide student housing to amostly commuter campus.

AHEC's Executire Vice Presidentfor Adn nistration Dean Wolf saidhe could not make an "intelligent"

comment regarding the rise in re-porting because he had not seen alltle numbers. However, he said hebelieves The Inn is making every ef-fort to keep residents safe.

"We have 24-hour surveillance inall the halls and four days a week wehave offduty ofrcers on site," he said.

According to police reports, off-duty officers first began working atThe Im in 2008, the same year thereporting rose.

Among.the calls made to police

from The hrn: 13 were for arrests,nine calls were about disturbances,four were about intoxicated people,three were for ffres, four narcotic ti6,ttuee about overdoses and one wasthe huy stabbing. tn 2007 therewere two calls for disturbances, thr€eintoxicated people, two fires and fournarcotic calls.

But Denver Commander Deb Dil-ley said she is zurprised there isn'tmore crime being reported.

"When I first heard we weregetting dorrns in my district, I wasafraid," she said. '?{ny time you havea large group of pmple in one place,

there are going to be problems, espe-cially if they're young and unsuper-vised for the first time. "

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"We can only do so much," shesaid. i{ lot of what we can control isonly on the streets."

Dilley said the increase in report-ing at The Len could be a sign stu-dents are becoming more educatedand comfortable with using 911."We either see a spike or a decreasein reporting, " she said when off-dutyofficers work in communities.

Nees agreed."It's impossible to hrow what

could have happened to the rate ofphone calls had the olfduty officernot been brought in. This rate muldbe a pattern or it's iust a spike," hesaid.

Nees said he'd be interested toknow more about the demograph-ics of each of the complexes to seeif there is a pattern basdd on school,

two calls regarding mischief andtwo reports of theft. In 2007 therewere five calls regarding narcotics,and eight reports 6f fhgft, insludingauto.

The Campus Village saw the big-gest &op in phone calls to 91 I in the

two years. There were 8 7 phone callsin 2007 and 59 in 2008 - a drop ofabout 3 6 percent.

In 2OO8 ther€ were six calls topolice about noise, three about nar-cotics and four about burglarY. In

2007 there were three calls aboutparties, one about narcotics and fourabout theft. The majority of callsin 2OO7 were about assault. Therewere at least 14 calls regarding ha-rassment in 2OO7. However, therewere only six in 2008.

Phone calls for comment tomanagment at Campus Village werenot returned.

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owned dorms may not face anY

school penalties. Meaning if a stu-dent is evicted from one of the dormsfor a serious offense they are not ex-pelled from school like they would be

- at University of Colorado at Boulder.CU-Boulder spokesman Bronson

Hilliard said the student conduct

code at CU-Boulder ca-mpus appliesin and out of dorms.

"It follows them everYwhere,even Mexico," he said.

Students who are caught withnarcotics in the CU-Boulder dormsface suspension or expulsion, hesaid.

Metro's current Student Con-duct Code is limited to the physical

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orisesatAHECdormStudents: drug sales, rrse go unnoticed

ast week fimmy had a smallparty of about a dozen friends,

all were underage. all drink-ing and some were tripping on acid.Someone made a complaint abouthow loud the music was.

"I always get in trouble for mymusic," Jimmy said.

An off-duty olficer working as asecurity guard at The Inn at Auariaknocked on his door and told him toturn down the music. According toJimmy, he did. And the debaucherycontinued.

fimmy, a Metro student - whoasked for his name to be changed -

said he believes olficials at The Innhave no idea what is going on behindclosed doors.

And he's not alone. AnotherMet-ro student, Thnya, who also asked forher name to be changed, agreed.

But The Inn's office manager,Nastaia Barnes, said she doesn't be-lieve there is an urgent problem.

Barnes cites three security cam-eras on every hall and a team of resi-dent directors and community assis-tants as precautionary measures thestudent aparhnent complex takes tohelp keep crime low.

"People will have individualproblems," she said. "But we don'thave any maior issues."

Both 19, Tanya and fimmy aren'tdeterred by The Inn's preventativemeasures,

The two admit they've broken al-most every rule in the book. Duringthe fall semester both drank exces-sively, smoked pot and either sold orpurchased Molly, a form of the clrugecstasy.

"I can get you any drug youcould possibly want at The Inn,'Tanya said. "There must be a weeddealer on every floor. Some of themare moving pounds at a time."

Other drugs she or her friendshave purchased from within thebuilding at l4th and Curtis: mush-rooms, coke, acid, heroin and Oxv-Contin.

"Everyone takes drugs atthelnn:it's a big social event," she said.

Sometime during the fall semes-ter, Jiruny began selling weed andlater Moliy,

"I don't malce a very good drugdealer." he laughed. "If I have it, I'mgoing to do it for myself or give it tomy friends."

So he gave up but still has the

Jimmy, a Metro student who asked for his name to be changed, looks out his window from inside The Inn at Auraria. Jimmy said he askhimself if he'd use as many drugs and drink as much as he does if he didn't live in what he calls a "booby tray''for studentsl photos by coraKemp. ckemp4@mscd.edu

name and number of at least fivedrug dealers in his phone. All live atThe Inn.

"The fact of the matter is. it goesdown every single night," he said."We're all breaking the law."

He continued: "so much bad shit

goes on in that building. It's like abooby trap for students."

There are 439 beds at The Inn.And the two students believe a ma-jority of the students who live thereare partying iust as much as theyare.

Jimmy, 19,reaches fora bottle ofJagermeisteras he cooksbreaKast.The nightbefore hehad a partyof abouta dozenpeople.

"If I'm an average case," Jimmysaid, "there are a lot of people worsethan me. My roommate, he loves toparty."

limmy said he doesn't think TheInn is doing enough to crack downon him and his friends - not that he

minds."When they bust up a party, they

lust tell everyone to leave," he said."But the party iust moves."

Tanya adds insult to indusFy."I think the management at the

Inn knows about drinking but ismostly unaware of the copious druguse and dealing," she said.

Or, they chose to ignore it. Thnyasaid she became liiends with one ofher comrnunity assistants. "He'dcall before he needed to do a ruomcheck," she said. And she claims hetook ecstasy with her.

Barnes said The Inn promotes"independent living" and that thestaff will only enter rooms if theyhave reason.

Halfway through the spring se-mester, Tanya was asked to leave TheInnor beevicted due to a disturbancecaused by two of her guests.

Jimmy's lease is up at the end ofthe semester.

"I'm so glad I'm out of this hellhole." Iimmv said.

A1O . THE METROPOTITAN 'MAY 7,2009

INSIGHT'Ttris is really big for us. Over half the team was new this 1rcar, and

we reallycame together, No one expectedusto come thishr.This should silence some people."

_ METRO SOFTBALL CATCHER ON A1 2

THE POINT: CALUEM AS YOU SEE'EM

YousaA fascisf like it's abadthingWhen Barack Obama was electeal

F€sident, it was my sincerest wish the

right would behave better than the lefthas for the past eight yean. fhrougb-out the F€vious attminiscatiou $$president has been called a liar, acriminal. a fascist, a Nazi and has beencomlnred to some of the worst tyra[tsin hisoory. Itwas my hope conserm-

SAMUET BLACKMERtives would dse aboue namscallingand leep the debate to political issues. blaCkmaf@mSCd.edUthe desire was strrong, but I aqgpal-ist and I didnot haw high et$ectad& fascist ideas enbraced by the U.S.'

the right unuld lirrc up to thern. united we scand' divided we fall all for

hesident obama is not a fascid.-'' one and one for alt and obama and

IIe has fascist tendeDcies, iust like ev. Bush s desirc to bring unity to the U.S.

ery other president in U.S. his0ory the While it is in vogue to call poli-

U.S. is a nation withfascist institutions; ticiaDs pu ilisagree with farists'

urc hare a fasclst motto m the Seal of Gorge Bush was called a fascist by

the United Stat€s: "B Pturibus Unurn," many on the left, and now Glenn Beck

meaning out of many one. This motto and many on oonservatira talk radio

appears on the $1 bll, the president's catl Presldent Obamaa fascist.I would

seal, the vice pr,esident's seal, both argue nrodt people don t understand

houses of congFss' seals antl the Su- the term they are using It is childish

should be, a fascist to some €xt€nt, butto unilerstand r,vhy, one must first un-derstand what fascim is,

The root of the wod fascism

cornes from the latin world "fasces" orbundle, as in "a brmclle of sticks" theidea is there is stength in numbers (it

is harder to break a bundle of stlcksthan a single stick) and the sacrifice ofindividuals for the good of the nation.Soldiers serving and dying fon theirnation is a fascist concept, the r,vealthypaying higher taxes is a fascist con-c€pt, giving up freedoms for securityB a fascist concept. By this deffnition,some of our mct fascist presidenb

have been Washfngton, Lincoln andFranHin Roosev€lt, r,vio all took awaythe rights of citizens and the latt€r t$oinsfituted drafu.

I arE not a believer in bipartisanpolitics. Im not a believer in unity orcoming together in agr€ement. Wehave a two party syst€m because is-sues should be disagreed upon Iam

an adrrocate of dissent and question-

ing policies reeardless of who is inpower. Nane-cailing and hatr,ed are -not the same as political dissenl Thereis no more to be gained from tle righthafug Obama than there wai bomthe left hating Bush.

There are many polic'tes PrcsidentObama are pursuing t dislike. In manyways, I feel our naflon is going in thewmng ilirection, and there is a pletho-

rd of issu€s to critic'tze Mr. Obama for,but to call him a fascist is to mirunder-stand the tern and to compar€ him tobrutal totalitarian dictators is ridicu-bus. It adds nofhing to the political

discussion and only s€rves to polarize

any serious debate about the issues.Yes, Barack Obama has fascist poli-

cies. but he is no mor€ a fascist thanformer President Bush was the rightdoes ibelf a ilisservic€ by resorting to atactic they have been criticizing the leftfor using for the last eight years.

preme Court's seal. there are name-calling. The president is, and

THE POINT: NEO-UINEDINSURANCE UNHEALTHY FCIR MY WALLET

Put *he' care' back in health carel"

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right no$/. I em staring at a bill for j- mislnformed college stuileht who than when they were under their

$281.51 and debating how I will. ., - thinks thery are invincible to cru- parents'plan or plrch-as1th: Meho

pay for it. I consider myself a good- , 1U, sade against the iniustice of forcing rfan. r an lrcea

to think that you

shrclent wtro has priorities. t choose - people to spend money on health along with Metro are racing to pro-

to work Dart-time to make enrts meet Sj€ insurance. It is mer€ly an attempt vide the worst possible health plan

but not at the erpense of rny educa- COLIN SEGER

to make you aware of a situaflon. If to students because; in this context,

tion. _ we attend Meho full-time, we are re- Meho is trying to save its students

If I were to work ftrll-time, I GSgggl@m3Cd.edU quired to have insuance. money and in turn gives us sub-par

woulcl probably be abte to afford this If we do not have outside in- health insurance.

bill: however, if I were to work frrll- the Metro State insurance mandate, surance, we are forced to have the In the meantime, people like me

time, I woulit probably have another I ask "Pli:ase sir, may I have some school's insurance. We do not have will continue to pay out of pocket

health-insurance carrier, probably more?" a choice as to what plan best suits us, and opt not to take the advice of our

one that iliil not have such high de- It is bad enough that the bill I or our needs. we have one plan and doctors whenthey recommendreat-

ductibles. Lil<ewise, if I were to work am looking at is roughly equal in one plan only ftom which to chose. ment that is too expensive' A CAT

full-time, I would probably not at- amount to one of my paychecks, Which is no choice at all. scan for example is not covered at all

tenrt school firll-time and I woulcl but the frips to the otolaryngologist That plan by the way, which you and costs $500 even if your deduct-

avoid the need to buy your school- (ear, nose anit throat specialist) was are most surely awar€ since it is of- ible has been met, something you in-

manitated insurance. recommendert because the Auraria fered by you, has higb deductibles variably already know. I also intend

As Metro requires'health insur- Health Center was not able to pro- and low co!€rage, is the 6'pe of to pay this bill with only a sense of

ance for all its stuilents who attend viile the treatrnent I needed. plan that most young people would the irony and no derision at the fact

full-time, you can understand my di- oK, in tle interest of full disclo- choose. There are at least two things that I did not choose this plan but I

lemma. I am forceil to buyinsurance sure, I think you paid rouehly $33 that you might not *now or have not am legally liable ior paying it.

by the school but alrnost certainly I but I am not sure, as the bill I re- considered. Again' please do not think that

woultt not choose a plan such as ceivecl is nearly as complicated and The first is Metro is not a tradi- I am complaining' I only hope to

this, I get sick more often than most convolutecl as the right-wing justi- tional college. Meto caters to re- inform' I hope that we can still be

because I have acute allergies. How- fications for not aclopting Universal turning or otherwise non-traditional friends, even though most of my oth-

ever, I am not able in any way to Health care. However, I am not here students. An older student popula- er friends don't force me to do stuff

choose what health-insurance plan to point ffngers or start a revolution. tion, on Metro's website the alerage and then make me pay for it.

ffts my needs. I have to admit I feel I would just like to point out the un- age is tout€d as 23, does not have as

like poor disheveled Oliver Twist in tenable position that students, who much use for a high deductible/low Sincerely,

line for the daily ration of gruel. So are forced to have insurance but not coverage plan. Colin Seger

to you, ttre insurance provider, and able to have any choice in the matter, The second problem is most plans

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John"Johnny'Alexander takes a break from selling newspaper to wipe his brow April 29 next to the Colfax at Auraria Light Railstation.

The Next ChapterStory by illike Martinez. mmart282@mscd.edu Photos by Leah tlillis. lmillis@mscd.edu

ohnny's book is still being writtenand bis most recent chapter beganat Auraria."Oh, you mean that guy with the

hat who sells those papers?" MarkMartinez, a Metro student asks, cock-ing his head back and staring off intothe sky, picturing fobnny.

. Yeah that's him.Standing about 6-foot-3, Johnny

is a light-hearted and humble guy dis-tinguishable by a hat, reminiscent of19 50s fashion, w-hich he's worn for 1 Iyears.

Even if they don't know his name,Awaria students know who Johnny is,or at least wherc to fi1il him,

"Help the homekss prograrn: $ldonation," fohnny says to groupsof passersby with an extended arm

7 holding the latest cnpry of the DenverVoiee. Cktdling the rest of the stackin the other arni, lohnny said he has&en a Denver Voicevendor for only filemonth. .

, But lilre I said, this is iust the mostreaent chapter in Jobnny's life story.

fohnry was born Jobn Alexandein Grand Rapids, IVfich., Feb. 18, 1949,and fft somelrrhe.re in a family with foursisters and six brothers.

He and his family moved often,settling in Michigan, Iodiana - any-where his father could ffnd work -

before landing in los Angeles, whereJohnny said he began his career insales, selling peanuts for 1 0 cents a bagat 6 years old,

He was in L.A. for a short tiinebefore the family moved to St. Paul,

I Minn., where he grew up,

fohnry said he dmpped out ofschool when he was old enough tofind dilTerent moans of survival in the

ln five months working for the Den ver Voice, Johnny has developeda remarkable work ethic - in March he sold more papers than anyother vendor in the North American Street Newspaper Association.

But he dialn't escape his lifestyle rn ..- '

scathed. While constan$r trying to evade.tIrc law Jobnny becanie hodad on o:ack . .cmaine.' "ft was the onb ihug for me; I had tohaveitall the time," he said.lohnny foughtthe Me changing addiction for 20 Fars.

"I never gave up my faith; I said. adaily prayer then just like I do now, " hesaid. "God is impressed by how muchfaith you have, not whether or notyou're a criminal on drugs, It's just achapte_ r," he said - referring to hisdrug use - "not a wasted life."

Johnny said he has been sober forclose to eight months with much heJpfrom his faith and a nelt'fiound callingwith the Denver Voice.

On a bright day with the usual bus-tle in Denver and at Auraria, Johanystares away from the sun, hardly los-ing focus on distributing his daily loadof papers as he tells his story and con-templates why his:Me has turned outthe way it has,

'l have a lot of certificates in life,"he said. "But my certiffcates, I can'thang on the watl. they're life experi-ences, each experience is a diller,entchapter of my life. fthe Demer Voia'lis a good stepping stone for me rightnow. This is where I'm at right nownot where I'm ending," he said, as heint€xrupts himself, waves the paper inhis hand to a group of students, andshouts: "Help the homeless program:$1 donation."

Then, as if he neser stoppd to getsome nrork done, he continues: "I'vegot Plans and dreams, but there aremore pages to be written; Godb got alot of interesting chapters for me, andno two chapters will be the sane."

streets of St, Paul"I was never in a eang," he said,

"But me and the kids I hung out withwere tough - people lust lnew us assome niggas from St. Paul.'r

Johnny shesses any violence hewas involved with was always out ofself-defense. He never caused troublejust to cause houble.

Never falling victim to the str€ets,

|ohnny said he is glad he &dn't haveto cotr|mit petty crimes in order to sur-vive. However, his way of life led himinto an unplanned chapt€r.

"Itwas white-collarcrime, " he said.'What I did was what I did, not who Iwas. I didn't feel like a real criminal inwhat I was doing. I never snatched alittle old ladyk purse; there was a line,there was boundaries. "

Reluctant to go in0o the details ofhis r,rlork, fohnny revealed he was in-vohzed in dillerent forms of bank taudand devised a way to forge food stanpsand sold then all over the counhv.

lobnny said he didn't feel like he wasdoing much wrong.

"fust dealing with another crook,"he satd, adding he belierred he was tak-ing from the corrupt, who probablywouldn't notice what might be missingand giving to his otherwise less fortu-nate family.

One might say the term "modern-day Robin Hood" would be fitting forthe way he lirred, yet fohnny humblyobiecb.

"fm not that noble, what I did was iI-bgal. I'mnot Sn' tomakerywlf out tobe anything more than I was," he said.

Ibrough all the years ]ohnny lived,he said was never caught.

"I always stayed stepc ahead ofeveryone. People would come aroundasking all kinds of questions and I wasalways ahead of 'em,' he said.

Iohnny said he retired with theliving he was making and was veryblessed to never have gone to prison forhis crimes.

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neekend ended in hurt feelings, a bro-

ken ja$ and iail t ime for Denver resi-

dents Haley Mobile-Carcia and Frark

Isabelle.

The pair were in Las Vegas to cele-

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abelle said, but "one too many drinks"

put the paa in handcuffs before the

chips hit the table.' 'we were about lo go to a casino

and gamble rvhc'n Halel'noticcd all the

irce booze the hotel gar,'e us."

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ASK IGLIHow ilo I tell the guy onthe treadmill next to metwho I think might be inone of my clas$es, thatl'm not into him? He'sbeen staring a lot latelY'

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By Julie VitkovskayauvitKovs@mscd.edu

The students in ]uanita Pope's CCD Theatre I Class mightbe able to call themselves a college rendition of "The BreakfastClub" - there is a distinct personality that shines through in atlof them. A startingJevel class such as this will always have anassortment of the jock, the outcast, the nerd, the princess, thebasket case and cases and everyone else that falls in between.

So when asked to come up with a theater production as apart of the curriculum, the class couldn't decide on iust one. In-stead they picked several.

This semester, the "Rat Pack" chose a variety show they call"Showtime at the Rawls" to highlight each of the students' abili-ties. There are a total of 23 dancers, singers, actors, rappers andcomedians. But they might as well be set designers and costumemakers; each of the shrdents brought in what they could fromhome and used recycled materials to help with the props.

Pope calls the show an eclectic mix.'I love the way it came together. I cal really say it was an

input of everyone." Pope said,Elaine Kazutomi, one of the students in the class, admits it

wasn't until after Spring Bre'ak she got excited in tle production.Kazutomi performs a duet with her twin sister, acts and dancesin the show. For Kazutomi, there are definite characters in theclassroom who stand out.

"Even though it's an acting class, we're also showing thepersonalities," Kazutomi said.

As the class picked up speed for getting the show in order,more of the students became dedicated in the show. They cre-ated a better bond.

"Everyone is [a ftiend]. When you walk into class, it's justlike family," Kazutomi said.

The advertising of the production looks like it is for a burlesqueshow: a poster shows black lingerie hanging on a clothes wire witha heavy red curtain as a backgrorrnd. But the history behind theidea is nothing clos€ to the sGreot!?ical idea of "sex sells. "

During a jazz festival in City Park, Pope was inspired by asong Hazel Miller performed at the end of the concert - sugges-tive, bluesy "Meet Me with Your Black D:awers On." It workedgreat as a pun on what Pope calls a "brief" show.aad that a vari-ety show has something for everyone to enjola

Of course, no teacher can forecast the level of commitmenteach student will bring - especially for this dynamic group.

"They're students: bona fide American students, " pope said.Which is why she rrnsn't surprised when one of the stu-

dents took two weeks off to celebrate a 21st birthday, or whenshe hied to reason with one student comedian that derogatory

From left, Amanda Tresquet, Elaine Kazutomi, Hayley Kessler, Emily lbzutomi and Jesse Staubach strut theirstuff as part of the"Cell BlockTango" during a practice for'showtime at the Rawls"May 5.The show, which isbeing put on by Juanita Pope's Theater I Class, will take place at 7 p.m. May 8 at the Eugenia Rawls iourtyardTheater in the King Center. Photo by Mark Farnik . mfarnik@mscd.edu

"It was kind of raw and rough in the beginning,..But nowwe do have a show...We've got music, rrne have lights, we haveacting, we have it alll" Pope said,

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and misogynist iokes might not be the most appropriate subiectin a scholastic environment. Regardless, there was one twistPope was not expecting. During the auditioning process, one ofthe stand-up comedians in t}le class performed "The Old Aparfment" - the famous Barenal<ed ladies tune.

"It rras really amazing, because I didn't lcrow he was a sing-er," Pope said.

One of the main features in the show - and the one that'sworth the money according to Pope - will be Chicago's "CellBlock Tango." The performance of the classic, sultry musicalnumber needed outside help for the moving set of individual cellblocks for the explanation of each woman's crime. This one wasleft to the professionals - a DeN€r carpenter decided to helpbuild the set for a shoe string price.

Pope worked with each person to help them achieve a com-fort in their performance as well as learning the basics of acting.

remember what you said,"when offering advice to afriend. Wisdom comes mostoften to those who live guid-ed by day+o-day principleslike patience, service andhumility.

The Rockmount storeat 1626 Wazoe St. - also}nown as "Jack A. Weilway" - is one of Iodo's an-chors, a must-visit for any-one coming to Denver. Theremay come a day when theRockies and the Avalancheare gone but like Papa fack,who outlived both friends

and much of his family, Rockmount will morethan likely still be around.

When asked how he outlasted his competi-tors, he replied, 'they are all in the cemetery."Living to lO7 does give you some license to Ia-ment.

A Rockmount shirt is a must for anyone'swardrobe today There are local businesses that

haw "Rockmount Friday's." Blue jeans day isall right for Des Moines, but this is Denver, theplace Papa Jack called home.

'1Ask Papa Jack" is ftrll of thles, history andPapa fack's wisdom, The tales include a touchof family humor, including when asked by thepolice about going the wrong vyay on a one-way Papa's wife Bea exclaims, "thank God youfound me. I was lostt"

Steven Weil wraps up 'i{sk Papa lack" withnumerous remembrances of lack Weil thatwere written at the time of his death in August20O8. Those are all well and good and are atestament to the man, yet, what the author saidon page I best describes the spirit of this book.

"Why speak of him in the past when hisimpact very much remains in the present andthe future?"

This book shows us that fack Weil "PapaIack" was a bit Siddhartha and a bit Will Rod-gers, a snap of- Picasso and a stitch of Neal Cas-sady. Rockmount Ranch Wear, his creation,sust^ins the spirit of the West and as Papa said,"It'll go on forever if you .iust play it right,"Sport a Rochrount, and wear it well.

Legend ary Denver CEO honored in bookBy JT B_arthelemy

jbarthe3@rnscd.edu

'1Ask Papa fack" is a new book based on theinsight and experienc€ of Jack A. Weil. Weilwas the founder and guiding force of Colora-do's Rockmount Ranch Wear.

"Papa Jack" to friends, family and fans,Weil's unique design of Western wear, particu-larly the snaptont cowboy shirt, made him anicon of the garment indusfy But his story doesnot stop there, nor will it stop with this shortand snappy book imparting his experience,sense of husror and "Papa-isms."

Author and grandson Sterzen Weil allowsus to be a part of Papa's acumen, just as Rock-mount Ranch Wear allows us to be a part of thespirit of the west, the cool of Rock 'n' Roll andthe myth of cowboys. In respect to Rock 'n' Rollhis legendary shirts are favorites of Bob Dylan,Eric Clapton and Phil Lesh. These are the shirtsof "Brokeback Mountain," Designs favored byboth Democrat and Republican. Rocknounthas been worn by both Reagan and Redford.

Papa fack lived to be 107, and has the repu-

tation of being "the world'soldest CEO." Papa fack isremembered as a kind,prodrrctive and innovativefamily man.

It is easy to spout wordsin respect to a person's lon- ,gevity, as another great manonce said, "longevity has itsplace." To-do so with sincer-ity and honesty is when itcan get dubious. It does notget dicey in regard to PapaJack. He really did say helloto all those who came intohis establishment. He is thesalt of the earth.

This memoir lets us in on many of Papa'soutlooks. Granddaughter fudy imparts, "hefound his olrrn way appreciated the little things,never quit and enioyed the ride. "

His "Papa-isms" are insights for us all. Take"they are glving you everything the chickenlaid but the egg," when warning about a baddeal, or "tell the truth and you'll never have to

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THE METRI84 ., MAY 7, 2009

Don'tFight theWith all of the distractions at home, there are msny

more places in Denuer to finish the last-minute paper

while grabbing abite or a drink.

Giovanni Toninelo, left, takes Reynaldo Gonzales'order May 2 afternoonat 5t. Mark's Coffeehouse, St. Mark's opened in 1993 and according toits website was blessed by Pope John Paul ll in a letter from the Vati<an'D l o r o b y A d a ' r d C a l : o r . a . a 5 I 5 @ m S - O . e o L

Angelika Elek reads the latest edition of the "Metrosphere" while sitting in the window at Leela European caf6 in the early hours of the

moining May 4. Elek, a former Metro student. typicaily comes to Leela to socialize with friends and to take advantage of the free WiFi. Photo

bv Leah Mi l l l s . lmi l l i s@mscd.edu

St. Mark's Coffeehouse2079 E.77thst . ,80206The high ceilings, rnismatched seating and

local art scream "unique" against the white

brick walls that make you feel like you are in a

remodeled garage for a giant train engine, Don't

be a{raid of the girl with the crazy style andpunk-rock hair behiird the counter - you are

always greeted with a smiling face when you

order. You have your choice of the usual coffee-house fare (in REAL mugs of all things) as well

as delicious homemade desserts, paskies andpaninis. Not looking for any coffee? They offer

a small selection of beers for those nights when

ca{Teinejust isn't gonna do it. On any weeknight

it seems to be filled with students working as the

house is lined r.t'ith laptops along with the scat-

tered felr' iust out for a chat. Monday through

Thursday they are open until midnight while

Friday and Saturday they close at 11:30 p'm.

and Sunday they close at 10:30 P.m.

Bv Julie Maas ' pretko@mscd.edu

Paris on the Platte2019 8.7?thst., so202 !trttrere some find it quiet and private,

others may think it is too dark to get any

studlng done or even find your study buddy

across t}e room. You have a choice for seat-

ing between the frout room, bar. back roomand patios, The back room is smoker friend'

ly and the brightest area in the place - defi-nitely a good spot if you are a smoker when

it's cold outside. With hours unfil 1 a.m' on

Sunday through Thursday and until 3 a'm.Friday and Saturday, you are bound to get

some work done. It's a mixed crowd that you

find, so anyone should feel comfortable. Be-

ware o{ the nights they decide to roast cof-

fee: you might think it is a wonderful smell,

but you n'ould be wrong, The table serviceisn't perfect but the variety of fresh food and

drinks are awesome, grving you the'choice

between coffee or soda, pastries and piza.

Bv Julie Mads . oretko@mscd.edu

MAY 7, 2009 .. 85)POL]TAN-

Clockwise from top:Michael Saul sips his caf6 au lait May 5 in front of St. Marks Coffeehouse on 17th Street. Saul said 5t.Marks makes a caf6 au lait in a different style than other coffeehouses with a combination of espressoand foamed milk. The funky atmosphere and support of the local arts keeps Saul coming back to the cof-feehouse. photo by Leah L1 | is. lm I is@mscd.edu // Devon Jones. a sophmore history major from Metro, showsKatya Giammanco, left, a junior history major from UC} how to blow smoke rings during a break fromstudying at Paris on the Piatte. Paris on the Platte is one of the few places left in the city that has a smok-ing r-oori, a feature that brings in many of its patrons. Photo by Adriana Carlson . dcleme 12@mscd.edu // Pedes-trilns stroll past Leela European Caf6 early Monday morning, May 4.The Caf6, which is located next doorto a bar on iSth and Champa, is typically bustling at odd hours ofthe night due to its 24-hour service, fieeWiFi and great atmosphere. Phoro by Leah Millis. lmlllls@mscd.edu // Metro student Dan Sullivan reads materialfor his hisiory final after 8 p.m. May 4 at the Starbucks on Parker Road and Arapahoe Road. Sullivan will begraduating at the end of the summer with a history degree. Phcto bv Cora Kemp . ckemo4@mcd.edu

ferusalem Restaurant789O E. Evans Ave., 80210A Denver destination for more than 26

years, ferusalem Restaurant isn't so much aplace to study as it is a place to either refuel ortake a break that's rich with culture. Servingup one of the best Midille Eastern menus thisside of Dubai, ferusalem Restaurant - or

f-Ru as it's allectionately called - makes for ahealthier option t}ran any 2tl-hour fast-foodjoint. Grab yoirr tasty fourth meal to go ortake a minute and bask in everything Medi-terranean. From the music to the deco andfor the duration of your meal, imagine you'renot worried about finals and pretend you're

on a wild adventure through the Middle East.Open until 4 a.m. Monday through Thurs-day, FRu is the place for food-to-go or mentalvacation. That and the Arabic coffee is sure togive you the needed jolt of caffeine to get you

th-rou8h the night.

By Nic Garcia . ngarci20@mscd.edu

Leela European Caf6820 7sthst.,80202

A little bit of attitude goes a long way,

especialiy if you're one of the female bar-tenders on a Sunday night trying to controlthe drunk crowd coming in from next door.But if you decide to put off your sin8le-spaced, t}ree-page research paper until 2

a,m., they'll ward off any of the one-too-many-cocktail Casanovas. With a 24-hourcafr that has comfy couches and high-stoolchairs, you can get a sandwich and free colfee refills all night. Plus, Ieela doubles as abar so if you need a small study break, thereare several options to choose from. Don'tplan on studying on Saturday night unlessyou work well with an acoustic live set play-

ing in the background. lcela has rcom torest your feet without everyone breathingover your shoulder to make sure your hor-ribly redundant English paper has a clearthesis.

By.lulie Vitkovskaya. uvitkovs@mscd.edu

Starbucks96O S Colorailo Blvil., 8O246We all know Starbucks a little better

than p're happy to admit. No one is toogood f1* the 'Bucks when it's the only coffeeshop fr miles. If there's one thing the cof-fee chain is known for it's ubiquity, but sad-Iy Denver has but one 24-hour Starbucks.For the less-trendy student, Starbucks pro-

vides a perfect place to walk in, get a drinkand hunker down for a while. No reason to

fear loud music or abrasive baristas at thiscorporate haven. The drinks aren't terribly

expensive, and what little food they offeris tolerable. it mildly overpriced. "What's

missing?" a budget{onscious and cultur-ally apathetic student may ask, if you don'tcare about supporting local business andgetting to know the people you're studyingnear - absolutely nothing. Without sound-ing underhanded, don't expect a unique ex-peflence.

By Dominic 6raziano ' dgrazia 1@mscd.edu

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ABOVE: Synthetic Elements frontman Todd McMullan riles thecrowd during the band's CD release party May 1 at the GothicTheatre. SEt second full-length album, Trashed Out Paradise, is apumped-up collection of skJgoodies and big, brassy numberc.

BELOW: Johnson, Andrew Carder and Mike Blecha let it blowduring a rousing cover of reggae staple "Pressur€ Drcpl

FROM RIGHT: ManeRolt DJTense andlnkline kick it with some Courvoisier.

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Taylw Von WaIiI: ?;ll me about ...& Sew ItSeams and how i t's belng rcceivcil.Mane Rok: (The album) is a continuation of notonly discovering ourselves in our personal lives,but also what we are capable of as a group. Person-ally I thinh it might be ahead of a lot of people. Nottbat it's some 'never-done-before' music, but it's onsome'never-done-before.in{olorado' level. I thinkthis has led some of our most eager critics to be ata loas. We always had this idea of not just makinggood hiphop, but good music, period.TV: Dcsctibc the Manel,ine sounil, hos it evolveilanil vhcrc gou woulil like to w it go.Inkllne: The sound can'treally be pinpointed.Whereas we have some fQlslnqcuts that are stmightfor-ward boom-bap, we re-ally are iust trying to makegood music. Boundariesin music nowadavs are so

a:dosehip-hop, Maneline hasthe cure.. ByTay'or Von Wald . wonwald@mscd.edu. Photo coult€sy of Maneline

Df Tense: It's always getting better, as far as peoplecollaborating more than they used to, and the mu-sic has definitely matured in all aspects.MR: Well, I can't deny it hasn't matured and got-ten better - it sure has. Recently, I u'as asked thisquestion in regards to everything that I am person-ally doing to "create" the scene. I had to explainto this writer that the scene has always been here,ald that I am a product of the scene. It's just thepublic is oblivious to it. I am feeling that there ismore quality than ever -serious\z - and that thefans are catching on.TV: What has bun tIrc biggest honor or echieve-

llthinkWeWillAllbe menr so Jar tur Mane-

the bar and figuringLttE?MR: For me it's workingwith the folks we have, andhaving met so many greatpeople lrom press to fans toartists. Also, being recog-nizedrn Spin Magazine, (be-

out something bigger andbetter to do in reqards to

s o n gw r iti n g a n d st ructLt re."blurred, it's unnecessary to classify in that sense ing in) the SoCo Music fest. There's been a few, butanymore. I think we will always be raising the bar the biggest is yet to be seen.and figuring out something bigger and better to do IL: I'd say urb's Next 1000 Recognition. Also, be-in regards to songwriting and structure ing the first hiphop group on a westword cover isTV: What are your felings on the Dewer hip- a given.Inp uerc?

Maneline w/ Grouch and Eligh5.9.099 p.m. @ the BluebirdTheater, $20, all ages

upcomingshowsBob Log Itr is lust plain dirty and )Du can tell by the

Ibc.son, Ariz, oneman band's songs [des, such as "BoobScotcb" and tide b:ack "My Shit Is Perfed." Conskleringthe title track, 1ou might €r.pect l.og tojustbe one bigjokeBut errcn in his E\zel Knielel attire and matching hehnet,it's easy to tell that Ing tales the blues, and having a goodtime lrry seriously. Bob Iog Itr will storm the stage May 8at the Bluebird Theater. With bis maniac drumming, dis-torted rocals (via hehnet-micmphone conhaption) andimpeccable slide guitar work, it should be quite a party&ab a drink and get dovr'n and dirty

Bob Log lll5.8.099 p.m. @ the BluebirdTheater$10.50,16+

Hot on the heels of Hot IQs, another Denver bandhas decided to pack it up. Ghost Bulfalo's dark mesh ofalt-county and heavy '7Os rock guitar rilTs has gar-nered much critical acclaim" especially after last year'ssophomore effort The Magician, but after two albumsand some personnel changes, Ghost Buffalo is beinglaid to resl The band still plans to release an EP beforelead vocalist Marie Lition beeins a solo career thatpromises to be very eyciting in its owtr right. They playtheir final two shows May 12 at 3 Kings Tavern andMay 14 atThe Rocket Room in Colorado Springs.

. By Matt Pusatory. mpusator@mscd.edu

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Suburban Home Records wants you to kick oII your sunmer in style,and the local label is'offering a free, 2 S-hack sanpler on their website. Asexlrcted, the collection contains several tracks from local bands like-DragThe River (and lead singer Jon Snodgrass), and the recently defunct GhostBuffalo. It also boasts national acts like St€reotyperider, I\rvo Cow Garage,and the awesomely-named Ninja Gun.

As an added bonus, the sampler includes some live cor,'er3 of The Misffts,The Replacemenb, and Two Cow Garage's take on The Beatles' "Oh Darlin',"a personal favorite. Overall this is an excellent compilation of cow-punk oddsand ends. It's loud, fun and a perfect companion for some summer madness.

8 p.m. E 3 KingsTaveln, 56, 21+ . By Matt Pusatory

when I first took on respon-

I remember rhinHng, 'there

must be at least 5O peoplemore qualified for this position.I mean, do I know enoughabout music? What if nobodylikes what I lilc? Does it matter .that fve nerer been musicallyinclined mysell?" Surely, some .

of my readers wondered thesame. Nonefheless, there's nodenying that ultimately, mu-grc editor had less to do withwhat I already. knew aboutmusic, and more to do $'ithwhat I was willing to find out.

JEREMYJOHNSONjjohn3O8@mscd.edu

Colorado, with its eclecticmix of hipters and punks,rockabillies and Rastafarians.DJs and hiphopst€rs, hippiesand meth-metal dudes, hascreated a really refreshing,and incr:easingly credible,

music scene. Events hke theMile Higb Music Festival andthe Monolith Music Festival atRed Rocks Amphitheatre addmore depth, mbre exposureand even more credibihty

The end result is that itmakes discovering good, newmusic an incredible ilelight,and something that Colora-dans should cherish. If you

don't believe me, try grow-ing up .in small-town Penn-sylvania, where all the localbands were trying to be thenext NOFX, and hiFbop wasstrictly attributed to DJ lauy|eff. IIgh. I've never been ableto watch a I,!'iIl Smith moviethe same rYa)'.

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ers Supcrtramp reachcd super status u'i1h this sirtglt

off of qutrdrupJe-plalittLtttt (yes. thirl s right) 13t.r'rrk-

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seltish scncl off \f ith u'it l lzinq Wr.rrli lzcr ancl sorne ol'

tbc linest lalsetlo sincc llarrl. Gibb.

Lyrics lo leave by: '(iorxlbl'c l iar 1'. (iootlble fartc/

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JACKSON5 . ..NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE"

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o ld \ l i chael J r rckson be l ts

ot r t th i -c tnr ts ica l bra i i tdo

about thc dillculties oI

breakups \a/ilh the convic

tion 01 a g.rorvn man con-

dernned ro unattainablL'

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King ol ltrp just couldn'1.A young M.J.. wise say goodbl,e to controvers],:beyond his years. Lwi-cs to leave bv: ..It s rhat

sante.rld ti.4 harg up; t anL Ih e rrith ri,u,,r rrit h.rut. '

Fun fact: "Never Can Say Goodbl'e ' has been cov-

ered by disco diva Gloria Caynor (I974.f and gay

dance-pop group The Communards.

YAIIMORRISON. "REAL REAL GONE"

Song summary: lrish singer-songwriter Van Mor-rison kicks his cooled-down folk image up a notch

with this rousing check-out song. It seems that the

only thing that brings \hn, and his listeners, back

from the brinli of madness is a vigorous, hip-shaking

horn section.

Fun fact: Morrison wrote "Real Real Gone" more

than ten years before it appeared on his 1990 album

Enlightenment.

THECLASH'SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO"

Song summary: This dubious ultinatum was the

result of guitarist l{ick Jones' rocky relationship

i'i,-ith girlfriend/musician Ellen Follel,l The ultimate

ode to indecision, "Should I Stay or Should I Go is a

desperatr:. dance-heavy, bilingual plca that sounds as

though it couldn t possibly end well.

L].rics to lcave b-v: "Cr:me on and lct. me klolr' (lVIc

tiencs quc decir)/ Shoukl I stay or should I go? (1lVIc

debo ir o qucdarmei )"

Fun lact: 'Should I Stat'Or Should l Llo r\-as lhe

onl,v song to reach ll i l lboard s No, I lbr The Clash,

and it happened terl ycars aftcr it \t 'as released.

RAMONES. ..GLAD TO SEE YOU GO"

Song summary: l-eavc it to the llttntones bassist

Ilcc l)ee to battle a r.,olatile ex's aclt'rtttccs with sbccr

cynicism, scathing lyricisnl and explt>sil 'e speed.'l 'ht:

Dee Dee Ramone,who had a reputa-t ion as the band'sbad boy, wrote"Glad To See YouGo" about an angryex-girlfriend.

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THE JAM,..GOING UNDERGROUND"

Song summary: British mod-rocliers ' l ' l l t f am l,l-crc

sairing thc olcl cheerio to sociirl destrucl ion and gov-

crnment corruption lvith this danceablc ditty about

dirtl- politics. "Going I'ndcrground" r,,. 'as clearly

a statcnlent of disapproval and a great n'av tbr the

pasty trio ol Lime]ts to stay out of the sun.

Lyrics to leave by: 'And the public wants what the

public gets/ But I don't get r'"'hat this society wants/

I m going underground. '

Fun fact: 'Going Underground" went straight to

No. I on the Billboard charts and was one of The

Jam's most popular, well, iams, despite never being

released on an album.

LEDZEPPELIN.,BABB I'M GONNA IEAVE YOU"

Song sumrnary: Granted, Led Zep didn'twrite "Babe

I'm Gonna L€ave You," but then again, they didn't

n.rite many of the songs that made them famous,

However. Iimmy Page s haunting acoustic, Robert

Plant's soulful delirery and a crushing climax help

the British fathers ol hard rock make it their own.

And if it sho$'s up on a mix CD, you can be sure your

lor,'er means business.

L1'rics to leave by: "I knovr, I'd nerer leil'c !'ou/ But I've

got to go a\ -.iy lrom this place/ I'i,'e got to quit you."

Fun fact: After plafing the song during their 1969

tour. Led Zeppelin put it on the shelf lbr nearly 30

!'ears, until Page and I' lant played it during a reunion

gig in I99| i .

JOHNNYTHUNDERS . "CAN'T PUT YOURARMS AROUND A MEMORY"

Song surnmary: Forntcr guitarist lor ptrnk origina-

rors thc Ncr'r'\brk Dolls. ' l 'hunders tlt l ivcrs the mosl

sad and scntimentalol goodbl'es in this prophctrc ode

to his o\\'n clenrisc. A ir.urli ic ttnd an abu sc r, 'fhunders

recognized his tate 1ir rnlrsterious drr.tg irrrd alcohol-

relatcd dcalh) nith sl.trnning clarity and pricclcss

i rbandon. l t s a pcr lec t : rd ios to t l te inev i tab lc .

Lyrics to leave by: l 'rl l so rcstless, I tttl l/ l lcat ml'

hcad againsl ir polc,i Tr1, to lirrr:ck somc seltscr'l)orvn

insitle m1' botrcs. '

BOBDYLAN,.DON,T THINK TWICE IT'S ALRIGHT"

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labll Dylan Lurns a detrf car

to an unsuspccting, mistrcss

Bob Dylan takes aNYC walk.

who he sccms sure is going,lo regret hcr unlirrgivable

nrisgivings. (iod linon's that trl ler n'hat he has to sa]'.

there'll be no rcconciling.

L'-rics to leave by: "I'm '"valkin' dorvn that long.

lonesome road, babei lVhi'rc I m bound. I can't tell/'Goodbl'e is too good a u'ord. babe,/ So I l l jusl sal''fare thee well.

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Fun facts: l)ylan "borrorvcd" some lyrics lbr "Don t

Think Twice" from folk singer Paul Claylon.

ROIIINC STONES . ..GET OFF MY CLOUD"

Song surnmary: The Stones show their true irrever-ence (and twin-guitar power) with this sell-seeking

hibute to rock and ro l l lan l rums. I suppose. when

)'ou're.iust about the best band in the r.r'orld. it can be

hard to get used to shadng with others.

Llrics to leave by: "Hey! You! Get off of my cloud/

Don't hang around 'cuz two's a crowd/ On my cloud."

Fun facts: 'Get Off My Cloud" was the follow'up to

The Stones'No. 1 single "(Can't Get No) Satisfaction. "

JOHNDEIIVER . "LEAVINC ON A JET PLANE"

Song summary: What true-blooded Colorado-

born mix CD rvould be complete rvithout the Rock]'

N,lountains' posthumous spokesperson John Den\'er?

f)enver's sugary-sw€et 'so long" is as refreshing as

the mountain air that fuclcd it, and thc nerdy folk

singer's sornbcr sentimental approach

Io t ruc love le l i bch ind i : tou i h ing. i l

noI a bi1 sjckcning.

Lyrics to leave by: "l hate to

n'alie ltru up to say 'goodbye'i But

the darln is breaking... ttle ta\i 's

wai t ing.

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vcr wasn t leaving on ir jct planc

the lnorlent lvhetr thc s0rg was

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hit'AfternoonDelight,, reached

I'm making is that you ' and album reviews atiftce Me-

shouldn't take this talent dia (wwwjjleemediacom).pool of great music for grant- Anyhow I've never been

eil, Sure, in tough econon{c good with goodbyes, so t

times, it can be hard !o lus- thought fd let music do the

tify monstrous ticket prices. talking. (Or singing' as it may

But the advantage of Denver tre.) Below is nry miv (i/|_ta The

is there is always a $6 ticket Met's, readers and listeners.

to be found, somewhere. Buy Whether cynical or sentimen-

the ticket and listen in. tal, here are 12 songs (from

After this issue I wilt be my collection, and in no par-

leaving the Met bebind for a ticular order) that say "sayo-

new era of musk critks, wirh nara" for those who can't say

dillexent styles, likes and dis- it themselves. Find thesesongs

likes. However, I r,r'ill continue online and have a listen.

to support the local music sc€ne See you later, alligators

neeldy as I have doue for the and, as the great Neil Youngpast two years. Please visit my put it: "keep on rocking in a

new wehsite for music news, free world."

No.l ontheBillboard chartsondsoldmorethanamillion

copies.Will Ferrellimmortalizedthesong for o wholenew genefation

inthe movie"Anchormani'

John Denver 'sjet p lane lef tfor good in1997.

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lN RESPONSE: LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

Capital fee builds dissent among studentsDear EditorI'm wdting to J'ou about the 'CaP

ital constuction fee approrad" artlcleinTheMeton April23, 2009, byCait-lin Gibbons. I don't krolv where to

stafi...I start€d Meto in spring of thisyear with the logic, "why spend theamount of tuition at a universiry foran undergraduate degree o'hen I cango to a four-I,€ar stat€ college for lessmoney and come out in the same po--

sition?" But fhis year alone (it's onlyApril) has shown our f& going up ata ridiculous rate. Student tuition is be-ing raised 9 percent, parking fees aregoing up, books are terribly expensive'

cost of living continues to rise, foodprices are going up, and s€mester-longRID prices just went up from $37 to$46. Am I now to be forced to pay fora building that will cost me up to $20per credit for the next three to ? pars?

As I understand il the purpose of the

building is to, somehow ensure thesuccess of the fteshmen of the future.I'm all for their successl However,should it be at the expense of the cur-rent student body?

We hale approximately 22,000students at Metro. Only 720 studentsvot€d- Just 380 students made a pro-

found decision for the rest of the thou-

sanils of students that will alTect themfor the rest of their academic careersat Meho. Could it be that we, the stu-dents and stalf, are iust a collection ofhagm.ented groupc drifting through

the academic cosmos, like indillerentnebula, at a loss as to the ability to pull

us all together in an elTort to say withone voice whether we want or notwant something?

I implore all the snrdents to give

suggestions to the new student govern-

ment body with new ideas as to how togalvanize a diverse student body. If thenext student government body failsat their task, then I say vote them out

and replace them with people who arebetter at getting people's attention. Iwonder if anything will happen whenall the students s€e on tleir bill the ex.tra charge for the new elephant in the

room. trn a time of economic dures,should we not be completely focus-ing our attention on creating morescholarships for incoming fteshmen,better frrnding the prograrns that hal€proven to be zuccessfrrl and providing

higher salaries to atFact more excel-lent professors?

Sincerely,Anonprous student

4stepsto end gaymaniage discussion

The thingis, it's wrcng that samosen couples are denied the benefib aI-forded to straight couples. Howevecit's also not dght that "marri"8r",

which is a refuious word, is being de-fined bv e$/€rnments, So my gand

solution is to take the word away fromthe gorrcrnrnent and find nerr ways to

define fumily Step One:The U.S. ceasesrecognition of ANY marriages or civilunions or hand-fasting or n*tateryeron the grounds that r€ligious t€nnsshould not be deffned bv governmen-

tal bodies. Step T\,r,o: The U.S. insti-tutes a tax system, &'herein any twoor more people who are financiallyinterdependent can ioin together, byconFact, into fiDancial unity St€pThree: Adoption laws are unifiedaaoes the country so that any tworesponsible aduls can adopt a child.We already hare this in Colorado.Again, couples, sisters, whatever. Thecriteria could stay the sanre, includingincome, health, criminal record, erc.Step Four Cleate a national benefac-tor registry tied to pur state ID, simi-lar to the blood donor registry, wha,eevery time '0u rtnew lour license orauyother time it changes you dedarer.rfio your official next of hn is.

So there's my solution. Now I

lu$ have to get Banck to ans\4,€rhis phone and we'll be golden

Isaac Ctoss, Meto shrdent

Dear Editor,Recently, there was a student vote

over whether or not a new buildingshould be built in place of the park-

ing lot olI of Seventh Street.The building would be used for

new classrooms but also one ofthe main reasons for the new build-ing would be for freshmen "suc-

cess" courses.I am a sedor at Metro State and I

shongly disagree with the way thingswere eriecuted in regards to decid-ing whether or not the new buildingshould be built.

First, I find it wrong that therewill be a new building built based onslightly more than 370 votes. Thatis not a large enough mrmber ofvotes for a school that has more than2 I ,000 students enrolled. That.is lessthen 2 percent of students who votedin favor of the new building.

Second, I feel it is BS that the

money to build the new building willcome from OUR tuition.

If a new building is needed thennew funds must be found from othersources because tuition at Metro is

constantly rising already. The cost of

the new building is $62 million dol- Overall, the new building needs

lars! more research into whether or not

That is going to be a large in- we truly need it'

crease to tuition. What happened to Also, more students need to be

Metro beiirg "aftordable?" informed and voice thet opinion be-

Third, building a new building in cause they will ultimately be the ones

place of a parking lot will eliminate using the building.parking that is already scarce on or l€ss then 2 percent of votes, in

around campus, my opinion, is not enough to build a

Lastly, I do not believe freshmen new building."success" courses are needed. Wej Thank you'

have been successful without these . Jessica Nowotarski

classes for nore than 40 years. Why,.., Meko Student

does the administration find it neces-*''sary for them to be needed now?

THE POINT: FREE SPEECH SHOULD B

Czech Aourself, before AILL,,Former Ktr Klux Klan leader Da- -- Duke's run-in with internation-

uJ Puwu'urS

the counFy to congregat€ with neo- AUSTIN CORELL

for publiclv_ saving or publishing .

Nazis, antl &ech law states that '::

^-- -;:j words is rather archaic and ridicu-'-

,,person who publicly a.oi.r, pot" in acOfell@mSCd.edU bus. Yes, denying the Holocaust is

tloubt, approves or tries !o iustiff Nazi crazy, but craziuess is nothing new,

or cornnunist genocide will be p

ishe<rbyprisonorsixmonthstotiH Somepeoplehave :J:i*Lil,;H$T#years.- conceptions about science. -

.aDuke's iletainrnent revitalizes EUfOpean COUntfieS Years of imprisonment doesn't

the idea or rirniting rree speech -an being better because ::i::^Tf::::TS,:1"5t*"tJ;

vid DuI<e was released over the week- I al law isn't the 6rst hiSh-profile clash

end after being detained in the &ech I with resrictive European larvs either.

Republic because he broke laws by I Historian David Irvirg was ar-

having his book "My Awakening: A f rested in 2005 on charges of mar-

Path to Racial Understanding" putF --1f,.. ginalizing the Holocaust, 'charges

he

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rtow qrq !-rursf orts.,* Lzttu lervs - u!L! -VLCJ u, ,,rDu',

by publishing a book? Duke was in - For countries to punish people

alien idea in the United SIates, which "":*** rope so hell-bent on si.lencing people?

typically c€nsors images more than SOme allow the A better sentence would be to force

anything else. rcCfeational USe Of the offenders into a month-long class

Some people have conceptions Cannabis of World War II history' Is there a

about European countries being bet- --;;_-;;;

.^.l-^ better method to combat ideas than

ter because some allow the recre- tlowevert tne U'J' |S tne by exercising a little historical truth

ational use of cannabis. However, th" baStiOn Of frge SpeeCh. against their historical revisions?

U.S. is the bastion of free speech. I'm glad the Czech Republic

What Duke represents is abhor- More than 12 European coun- released Duke. Limiting free speech

rent to a Iot of people, but are his be- tries have laws prohibiting' speech: is reminiscent of tactics used by to-

liefs gross enough to warrant possible from Germany's speech against the talitarian staGs:You can't say (Insert

prison tirne? If Pat Robertson lived dead law to the Czech Republic's syrn- criminal words).

in the Czech Republic, his anti-gay pathizing with hate speech law. These It's outrageous.

rhetoric would have led to his prompt laws help to ensure that another Na-

imprisonment, but he is safeguarded zi-like party will not rise in popularity

by the Bill of Rights. or Power.

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METRO B - MESA STATE O

Softball captures first RMAC titleBy Josiah Kaan' jkaan@mscd.edu

Metro softball won the RockyMountain Athletic ConferenceTournament Chanpionship May 2with a dominating 84 mercy-rulewin over Mesa State College at Au-raria Field.

The win gives the Roadrunnerstheir first RMAC chanpionship sincethe program was reinstated in 2008and gives Metro an automatic bid inthe National Collegiate Athletic As-

sociation Tournament."We've put ourselves on the

map," head coach Jen Fisher said."This is a great core of girls; we'vehad really giood teanwork dI year."

Going into the third inning up1-O, Ieft ffelder Jennessa Tesone senta two-run home run over tle left-field fence, which was followed byanother two-run home run by firstbaseman fessica Haab to close out

the inning, helping Metro take aseven-run lead.

After starting pikher CMstieRobinsou took care o[ business inthe fifth inning, retiring tlree batters

in four at bats, Meho only needed a

runtrd the game earty and wintheRMAC.

With runners on second andthird base right fielder Danni Hed-shom hit a sacrificed fly ball to leftffeld, bringing home pinch runnerNicole Young and the RMAC title.

"This is really big for us. Overhalf the team was new this year, andwe really came together," catcherTara Mickelson said. 'No one expect-ed us to come this far. This shouldsilence some people and if not, we'llshow them in regionals."

Haab's home run in the thirdinning helped Metro tie the NCAADivision tr single-season, home-runrecord with 98 homers. Metro istied with two other teams for the re-cord but reached the mark in fewergames, just 50, than co-holdersMesa StaG with 54 ganes and Uni-versity of Arkansas at Monticcllowith 66 games.

In pr€vious tournament action,Metro advanced past the first roundby beating the University of Nebras-ka at Kearney, 6-4, in a close gamethat saw the Roailrunners rally inthe sixth lnning trcbind a go-ahead

two-run homer from Tbsone.Metro mounted a fifth-and sixth-

inning comeback behind home runsfrom center fielder Kellie Nishikidaand second baseman Sarah Ruschto b€at Mines and advance to theRMAC Championship against MesaState.

"We had to play from behindthose ffrst three games," Fisher said."That shows a lot of character andconfidence."

Shortstop Amber Roundhee,Robinson, Tesone and Nishikida wereall selected to the All-Tournamentteanr" while Tesone took home thetournament Most Valuable Player

honor with two homers, eight runsbatted in and an efrcient .417 bat'ting average.

Meho improved to their first40-win season (a0-f 0) with thefour wins by not only overcomingthe migrafion of more than halfthe team after an early exit from theconference tournament last season,but also by posting a better overallconference record (29-7) by eightgames, and winning the RMAC

Championship."Everything haplrns for a rea-

son," Robinson said. "All of us on

this team believe we are here withpeople we want to play with."

The Roailrunners will host tlree14ams (Mem State, Colorado Schoolof Mines and Colorado Stat€ Univer-sity at Pueblo) in the NCAA Dvisiontr Softball Champton Regional Brack-et and face a familiar t€am a$ theyplay Mesa State May 8 in the firstround of action at Auraria Field,

"You have nothad anexperience

until you've seenthe Moaris do their

Moari war dance.Scares the living

daylights outof you."

METRO PRESIDENTSTEPHEN JORDAN

The Metro men'sand women's tennisteams both receivedspots into the I{CAATournament.Themen's team eatnedthe No.1 seed inthe Central Reglon,and will host thepreliminary roundsat t'he Auraria Courts.Theywillfacethewinner betureenCSU-PuebloandMesa StateMayS.Thewomen'steamis the sixth se€d andwillface Nebraska-Kearney May 8 inGrand Junction.

"I've got plans and drtams, but there are more pages to be written;God's got a lot of interesting chapters for me,

and no two chapters will be the same."-JOHN ALEXAN DER, DENVER YO'CE STREET VEN DOR, METROSPECTIVE, 81

SIDETINE

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vs. Kearney@ Grand Junction

Men 1 p.m.V5.TBA@ Auraria Courts

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Metro shortstop Amber Roundtree, left embraces first baseman Jessica Haab moments after receiv'ing the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Softball Championship Trophy May 2 at the AurariaField. Photo by Shawn McHugh . smchughl6mscd.edu

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A14 . SPORTS . MAY 7, 2009 . THE METROPOLITAN . 'It" at tle borders of

Trackcompletes season with 20 honors awardsBy Scoft Bassett

sbasset4@mscd.ed u

The Metro men's and women'strack teams earned 20 All-RockyIVlountain Athletic Conference hon-ors at the RMAC ChampionshipsI{ay j-5 in Alamosa.

Junior Anthony Luna r,t'on a con-ference event for the first time in themen's SoO-meter run and freshmanDanielle Kehoe won the $'omen's10.000-meter nhile the entire teamplaced r,,r,cll throughout.

"It $'as a pretty great group,"head coach Peter Julian said.

Freshman sprinter Derek Fioriniwon the RMAC Freshman of theYearand earned All-Conference honors rnthe men's loO-and 200-meter runsand ran the first leg of the men's4x400 meter relay in n hich he fin-ished second.

Although the N,Ietro track teamis becoming more well-rounded. the5rfocus on distance running first, sothe fact that Fiorini won such honorsis impressive.

Luna and sophomore ShawnIindbom finished one-two in themen's 800-meter as they gained firstteam All-Conference honors andboth clocked provisional qualifyingtimes for the NCAA Championships.

Nathan Newland and RickBogatay punched their tickets to theNCAA Championships after they

clocked provisional qualilying timesin the men's 1 500-meter.

Judith Chavez also earned lirstteam All-Conlerence in the u,omen's8(.10-meter after she broke her orvnschool record and finished secondorerall. Senior ,Iorgan Thomasearned second team All-Conferenceand finished fifth in the women's800-meter.

The Metro track program hascompeted hard and their accomplish-ments both inthe indoor and outdoorseasons speak for themseh'es.

"This is the best we're eler com-peted," Luna said.

Luna rvon the national champi-onship at the NCAA Indoor Track andField Championships and looks to dothe same at t}te outdoor champion-ships later tiis season as he hes auto-matically qualified for the 8OO-meter.

The fact that lvletro has tn'o ath-letes in the men's 1500-meter is anaccomplishment in and of itself, butit would be a majorfeat if eitherLind-bom or Bogatay could t:rke home thechampionship.

But despite ril'hat happensthroughoutthe rest of theseason, theMetro track program has achievedgreat things.

"I'm really proud of this team andwhat we've accomplished," Luna said.

The NCAA Outdoor Track andField Championships will be heldMay 2l-2 3 in San Algelo. Texas.

Metro junior Lindsay Novascone jumps in the long jump Jan.24 at the Potts Invitational in Boulder,Novascone earned second team honors in the 1oo-meter May 3-5 at the RMAC Championships inAlamosa. File photo by Daniel Clements . dcleme'l 2@mscd.edu

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METRO 1 - NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS 3'Runners lose seri€sr playoffs ahead

By Robert Dranrdran@mscd.edu

Metro baseball ended the regularseason by suffering another disappointing weekend against New Mex-ico Highlands, going 113 over a fourgame set May 1-3 in Las Vegas, N.M.

Meho lost games one, three andfour 19-8, I2-2 and 11-4, respec-tively In game two, the 'Runnerr

nabbed their only victory in. a 8-5game. Metro ends their regular sea-son with a record 27-22 werall and18-18 in the Rocky Mountain Ath-letic Conference. On the other hand,Highlands improved to 36-17 overalland 26-ll in the RMAC. The 'Run-

ners will face Highlands again in theRMAC Tournament May 6 in Pueblo.Metro has not had success againstthe Higblands. Metro has only twowins out of their eiglt games.

"We can't play down to their lev-el," left fielder Marcel Dominguez saidearlier this season against Highlanils'

Highlands has been known fortheir strong ollense all season. De-spite Metro's weadness against tleirMounjain Division rivals, the teamgave up 47 runs over the four garnes

in the series and 8l runs oler eightgames so far this season. The 'Run-

ners on average gile up more thanl O Euns per game.

Metro.finished the regular sea-son in third place in tle Mountain

Metro first baseman Jordan Stouffer applies a tag to CCU outfileder Chris Guyer on a pickoff playMarch 3 at Double Angel Field in Parker, Metro lost a fourgame series to New Mexico Highlands 3-1May 1-3 in Las Vegas, N.M. File photo by Jonathan Ingraham' jingrahl @mscd.edu

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Division behind Mesa State andHighlands but ahead of ColoradoChristian. Despite the series againstHighlands, Metro's play has im-pmved toward the end of the season.The Roadrunners were 7-4 in theirlast three series, including handingMesa its first losing series of the en-tire season,

Pitchitrg has been the decidingfactor for Meho. The team has beenconfident in their ability to put runson board, but the pitchiry has deter-mined whether Metro wins or losestluoughout the season.

Against the Mesa State MavericksApril 19 and 20, Metro only allowedthe strongest ollense in the RMAC to

17 ruls in tbree games which averag-es to 5 . 7 runs a game, Metro was evenstronger against a Colorado Cbristian,squad April 24 and 25. Though last.p the division, CCU is still considereda good hitting team. to nine runs overfour games or iust two and a quarternrns per game on avErage.

The most memorable players

of the season was power-hitting in-fielders fordan Stouffer and TlreeAbshire. Abshire added his 13thhome run of the season in game twoagainst New Mexico Highlands. Bothplayers have been hitting home runsall season and helped their pitchers

with a little extra breathing roomthrouglrout the season. Stor:ffer hada strong start to the season, whileAbshire finished the season strong.

Metro defense has been wor-risome at times, but first year headcoach Jerry Schemmel projected a lotof confidence in the team's defense.

"We are a strong defensive team,"Schemrnel said earlier this season.

Meho had difrculties with de-fense in the two cold weather games

against Regis at the start of the sea-son but settled down as the seasonprogressed. However, it is dilffcult forthe pro-baseball statisticians to adaptto a Division I baseball game. The twocan't be measured on the same scale,While one error is considered bad forMajor l,eague Baseba.ll, .two errorsfor a Division I team is considered a

decent defersive game.Schemmel will get his chance

for his first RMAC Tournament winagainst New Mexico Highlands May

6 in Pueblo

Golf team to hostfirsttourney in fall season

By Brent Ratliffbratliff@mscd.edu

After only being able to play intwo tournaments for the spring sea-son, the Metro golf club team willbe hosting their fust tournament inSeptember at the Englewood Munici-pal GolI Course,

With .only two players on thete^m, jrrnior t€am captain Jay-IayBotha and iunlor Kevin McReynoldart looking to add a few more golfers

for the fall season."Mo6t teems have five players,"

Botha said. "With four out of the topfir'g sCoreS OU gXg[ team Counfing inthe tournaments. "

In the first tournarnent played

March 16-17 in Albuquerque, Metrofinjshed in last place out of all play-ers. McReynold was in last place andBotha ffnished in second to last,

"We played horrible," Botha said."I think Kevin shot like a 1I5 orsomething."

Even though Botha didn't PlaYup to his ability, he did score an eagleon one hole.

"It was a 560 yard par 5," Botha

said. "I landed my second shot on thegreen and sunk a long putt for eagle."

However, in the second tour-nament, held in Lakewood, theteam saw an irnprwement thanksto Botha. He shot a 79 on day oneand an 8l on day tr,rno. These scoreslanded Botha in 35th place out of43 golfers. This was the highlight of

the season said Botha, "Metro wasrecognized once coaches from otherschools teams noticed a player lrom

Metro on the leaderboard." Bothanoted that McReyno-ld was unable toplay due to his high score in the pre-

vious tournament.The team practices at the Engle-

wood Municipal Golf Course Fridaysand Saturdays. Along with gaining afew more players, the team looks for-ward to playing in the Metro hostedgolf tournament as well as tourna-ments in New Mexico and Arizona in

the upcoming fall season.

By Lauren Schaediglschaedi@mscd.edu

It seeDs no matter where you go

or what you play at Metro, you'll findexcellence. From the varsif teams toclub and recreational teams, athletesare taking their sports to the highestlevels and competing as Roadrun-ners at National competitions.

This spring we have seen ath-letes of all kinds naveling tle coun-by to compete, in6luding the in-line

hockey team, who went !o their Srstnational competition this furil. The

team, who started from scratchfour years ago, has made its way uPthrough recreational competition tocompeting at the club level, batdingtearDs around Colorado before finai-

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ly making it lo Nationa-ls this spring.Finishing second in the state

behind University of Northern Colo-rado, the Roadrunners received a bidto compete in the National In-lineHockey Championships and were

on the road to Pennsylvania to facecompetition like they had never seen

before.

"We had insane competitior [atNationalsl: it was a completely dif-ferent style of hockey," said Cody

kmon, the assistant captain of theteam. "We learned a lot from theway the other teans played: it'd acleaner and more aggressive game.

You're always skating and alwaysmoving."

Although the Roadrunnersdidn't see the results they were ho1>ing for, the experience they gained at

Nationals has given them a leg uP onthe competition for next year, Withonly a few players leaving tiis year,

the Roadrunners are looking for-ward to having the shength of lastyear's tean, with added improve-ments in their game they took fromrhis s€aaon.

1t will be fun to apply what welearned this year," kmon said. "Wewill definitely be the best team in thestate. "

ln-line hockey looksfor improvements in

oupcomlng season

Metro junior Kevin McReynold. Photo courtesy of Jay-Jay Botha

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Remembering 20 years of rugbyByTara Moberly

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trletro President Stcphen fordanhas a secret.

It's not readily apparent that the

man rve are used to seeing in tailored

suits delivering n'ell-crafted speeches

is at heart a dedicated athlete who

spent 20 lears sacrificing his body

lbr the sporl he loves - rugby.

His lovc alfaA with the htfd-

hitting game that originated in the

United Kingdom began when he en-

rolled at the Ljniversity of Northern

Colorado in 1969."It was the Vietnam era. I had

gotten exactly a 9Gday early out

of the army to go back 1o school. I

enrolled at UNC. I rvas living in N{c-

Cowen Hall. I met a couple of guYs

r.l'ho said to me one day, 'Why don't

you come join us. We play rugblr' So

I did." Jordan said.

His lirst game w-ith the team-

and the beating he took as a result- n'ould have been enough to send

others packing. never to return to

the pitch.

The team traveled to Boulder to

pla]' the tjniversitJ, of Colorado. Jor-dan u'ould learn more than the ins-

and-outs of the game while also Ieav-

ing some blood on the pitch.

"I learned a valuable lesson

that game. The ball came out of the

scrum and I picked up the loose ball.

When the ball comes out, they fol-

low the ball. I made the mistake of

running back into the scrum. It col-

lapsed back onto me. I broke my nose

in four places at one time in my first

game. And that was it, that was all

it took. That was my introduction to

rugby and I stayed around," Jordansaid, smiling at the painful memor;r

He stayed with the team until his

graduation in 19 71, playing in both

the spring and fall.

And while he may not seem like

the type of guy who throws a good

party, fordan and his teammates had

their fair share of fun times rvhile in

mllege."I don't know if I really want to

confess this: I met these guys in the

dorm. Well, we all decided to get a

house the next year and if you've

ever had seven rugby players living

in a house together it was, let's put

it this way - next to us was a Tek(fraternityl house and we would al-

ways have the Teks showing up at

our house because our parties were

better. That quarter was not my best

academic performance ever," Iordansaid.

Fun and games were the focus of

the team u'hen they weren't on the

pitch. To promote a game against a

visiting team ftom Alberta, Canada,

the team decided to place a rather ris-

qu6 display in the main display case

of the student union.

"!Ve took one of our oldest balls

that had a couple oi hernias in the

stitches so n'e had to re-sew it. It had

these lumps in it and n as really beat

Metro President Stephen Jordan, foreground, prepares to kick the ball during a game in the early'70s. Jordan p.layed for the Universityof Colorado Bears Rugby Football Club from 1 969 to 1971 before moving to Denver and joining the Denver Highlanders Football Club.

WHAT IS RUGBY?

A sport where l5 playerson each team competein two 40-minute halvesthat originated in theUnited Kingdom in 1870.

KEYTBRMS:

Pitch -tneneu the

Jordan, carrying the ball, competes in a tournament in Auckland,New Zealand with the Cobras, the Colorado Old Boys Rugby As-sociation. The team traveled throughout the U.5' and internation-ally, competing in tournaments against some of the top-rankedteams in the world. Photos counesy ofSteven Jordan

out of shape. We putit inside of a jock

strap and pul on lhe front a rugby pinthat said, 'it takes leather balls to play

rugby.' We put the whole thing insideof a Coors pitcher because Coors wasthe sponsor of the Eastern RugbyTournament and we thought 'isn't

that cool?' Well, the president wentballistic. I'm telling you this as thepresident!"

It was rugby that led Iordan toDenver - he joined a former UNCteammate who had was playing forthe Denver Highlanders FootballClub - n'here he lt'ould continue toplay,, e1'gn1t.11t traveling the worldand competing against some of thebest plalers in the world, the NewZealand All Blacks Rugby Team.

"You have not had an experience

until you've seen the Moaris do their

Moari war dance that they do. Scares

the living daylights out of you. They

look very serious when they do that. I

had to admit, I was absolutely intimi-

dated after that process. But it was

a great game playing against those

guys, playing against guys who are,

year in ]€ar out, perennially the best

team in the rvorld," he said on play-

ing against the All Blacks.

He continues to pay the price for

his 1'ears on the pitch. In addition

to breaking his nose several times,

he severed his Achille's tendon, had

both shouldcrs scoped, as well as suf-

lered knee and hip injuries.

But it is the bonds ol friendship

that make up for the wear and tear

he has endured playing rugby.

"The people who are still mY best

friends and who I still do stuff with

today are all the guys I played rugby

with. As soon as I moved to the High-

landers, those are the friends that we

still know and that we always hang

out with here in Denver," Jordansaid.

It is this camaraderie that JordanIores most about the sport - and is

lr'hy he is such a strong supporter of

sports programs in general.

"\\'hich is r,r'hat I keep talking

about vvhen I talk about sports and

rvhat sports teaches you about other

things in life other than sports and

why I beLieve so strongly in sports."

' game is played on.

Scrum -themethodofbeginning play inwhich the forwards ofeach team cKtuch sideby side with lockedarms. Play starts whenthe ball is thrown inbetween them and th€two sides compete forpossession.

Try - tlre maior wayof scoring points inrugby. A try is scoredby grounding the ballin the opposition's in-goal area on or behindthe goal l ine and isworth five points.

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