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Roadrunner basketball

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by Shannon Davidson- The Metropolitan

A Denver FTI!f'W\ter enters part of the wreckage on the 3400 block of West. Moncrieff Place in northwest Denver Jan. 24 after a midair collision involving two small airplanes.

Second protest reinforces war view Auraria students speak out at rally sponsored by 17 campus oranizations

by Noelle Leavitt The Metro{XJ/itan

munities around the world." Durban said she does not feel war is the

right answer, and she doesn ' t like that the

then that would be the most effective way to start coming up with real solutions," Durban said.

Kate Goodspeed, English teacher at Emi ly Griffith Opportunity School, joined anti-war protesters and said that she was one of the people who were going to be arrested that day.

On Jan. 27, at 10 a.m., an anti-war rally was held at the flagpole on Auraria campus, and was sponsored by Anti-war Auraria, a coalition of 17 different student organizations from all three Auraria schools.

Anti-war Auraria bad nine different stu­dents speak at the rally and said its mission was to set and achieve attainable goals to help prevent a war with Iraq.

'I'm appalled by our government's act of aggression and I have a lot of compassion towards Iraqi people.'

Metro student and sponsor of the rally, Erin Durban, said that the main focus of the rally was to educate and inform students about bow their coalition feels about war.

- Kate Goodspeed, English teacher at Emily Griffith Opportunity School

"I come from a human rights perspec­tive," Durban said. "I think the most powerful movements right now are grass roots move­ments, connecting communities to other com-

government is proposing war in the name of self-defense.

"I really think that if there were a way to sit down and get people to talk to each other,

'I come from a human rights perspective. I think the most powerful movements right , now are grass roots movements ...

- Erin Durban, Metro student

"I'm appalled by our government's acts of aggression and I have a lot of compassion towards lraqi people," Goodspeed said.

Goodspeed was a part of a gorilla theater and played the part of Dick Cheney.

"I ' m willing to put my body on the line to stop the war," Goodspeed said.

Community College of Denver student Melvin Burris is in the military and said he was just observing the rally to see why the majority of people are angry about the war.

He also said that he bas been notified to

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News Briefs

Important dates The last day to drop classes with a

50 percent refund is Feb. 5 at 11 p.m. The last day to withdraw from a

class without a faculty signature is Feb. 17.

The last day to withdraw from a class with faculty signature for spring 2003 is March 31, not March 25, which is during spring break.

Graduation Application deadline nears

Students planning to graduate in spring 2003 must submit an Application for Graduation by Jan. 31 in the Office of the Registrar, Central Classroom 105.

The card is available in the Registrar 's office and identifies a stu­dent's intention to graduate in spring 2003. The card must have the correct and complete spelling of the name for the diploma, the major/minor, concen­trations and proper degree catalog.

The Metropolitan needs reporters, copy editors

The Metropolitan is looking for a few good writers and editors to help put our paper together.

The paper needs news and features writers. You might even get paid a lit­tle for your effort if you work for The Metropolitan weekly.

If you have taken Beginning Reporting or have what you consider good writing skills, stop by Tivoli 313 and e-mail Jenni Grubbs at grubbs@mscd.edu.

Corrections

SGA does not disband In the Jan. 23 issue, Nick

Bahl 's column was mishead­lined "SGA disbands due to lack." That headline was incor­rect and inaccurate. The head­line should have read: "On the warpath."

Despite what The Metropolitan printed, Metro's Student Government Assembly is fully functional and very much in operation. They have no plan to disband any time in the near future. Turn to page 5 for SGA news.

The Metropolitan strives for accuracy. Report any mistakes to Editor Jenni Grubbs at grubbs@mscd.edu. . . ~

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Healthy Moves Spring Semester 2005 j From the Health Center at Auraria

The Healthy Moves program, sponsored by the Health Center at Auraria, is an innovative program that is open to a/I students, staff and faculty. Our goal is not only to keep you well, but tf also to help you become active in creating your own optimal health. We invite you to take the challenge and opportunity in learning how to create a healthy body, mind and attitude.

Ma-,,ements f'ar Hetilth MAT PILATES (puh-LAH-teez) Co-sponsored with Campus Recreation Begins February 3 • Mondays, 12-1 pm •Tivoli 444 Come and try this class for all levels. Wear comfortable clothes. Mats are provided.

YOGA: For Everyone 3 CLASSES WEEKLY Begins February 4 Tuesdays, 12-1 pm & S-6pm, Wednesdays. 12-1 pm •Tivoli 444 Instructors: Patricia Hansen and Hansa All levels welcome. NOTE: Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a blanket or towel to classes.

T'AI CHI for the Body and Mind Begins February 6 •Thursdays 12-1 pm• Tivoli 440 For all levels. These exercises can be adapted for anyone. They are not strenuous. No special clothes or talents are necessary. Just be ready to relax and enjoy yourself.

STRIDES: Lunchtime Walking Program Co-Sponsored with Campus Recreation Learn how to achieve your fitness goals, walk at your own pace and get committed to walking on a regular basis. We want to make that easy for you. Call Linda at (303) 556-6954 for more details.

Toa& For Healthy Lfring FREE CHAIR MASSAGES Begins February 6 •Thursdays, 10am-1 pm (Time slots will be available) • In front of the Health Center Sign up only on massage day in the Health Center, Plaza 150 beginning at 8:30am. To allow everyone the opportunity to enjoy a massage, we ask that you limit yourself to one per month.

FREE EVENING CHAIR MASSAGES Thursday, April 17 • S-8pm

FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS Fridays, 2-4pm • Health Center, Plaza 1 SO

FREE HIV AND TUBERCULOSIS (TB) TESTING Ongoing at the Health Center at Auraria. Call (303) 556-2525

EATING FOR HEALTH AND ENERGY (A 5-week course) 12-lpm • 1020 Ninth Street Park Section 1: Begins Thursday, February 6, ends March 6 Section 2: Begins Monday, April 7, ends May S This 5 week-course is filled with information and techniques to learn how to eat healthy and achieve your personal goals. Please call Susan Krems at (303) 770-8433 for information.

TOBACCO CESSATION Healthy Moves provides many programs that can aid and support the person trying to quit or cut down on tobacco. Check out STRIDES, Yoga, Tai Chi, Chair Massages and Eating for Health. All of these programs can give you the tools you need to relax without cigarettes. The Health Center can prescribe Zyban. Individual and Group resources are available. Call (303) 556-2525.

Cakmlar Healthy Moves for Spring 2003 (See brochure for dates and times)

Pilate Yoga Ta'iChi

Mondays 12-1 pm Tuesdays 12-1pm,5-6pm, Wednesdays 12-1 pm

Thursdays 12-1 pm Healthy Eating Program

Free Chair Massages

(See brochure for dates and times)

Thursdays 1 Oam-1 pm Free Blood Pressure Checks

Strides Fridays 2-4pm

Call (303) 556-6954 for details.

.FBBlUJAJa Joyful Breathing Thursday, 2/6 • l-2pm

All About Homeopathy Thursday, 2/6 • 2:30-3:30pm Slashing the Risk of Modern Diseases Tuesday,2/11·1 -2pm

Yoga for Women Thursday,2/13•1-2pm Winter Wellness Tuesday,2/18 • l-2pm Yoga for Women Monday, 2/24 • 11 :30am-12:30pm Stop the Cravings Thursday, 2/27 • 11 :30am-l pm

ClearingtheConfusion(About Nutrition) Tuesday, 3/4• 1-2pm

Ayurveda and Yoga for Health Saturday, 3/B • 9am-3pm Self-Massage Tuesday, 3/18 • l-2pm AyurvedaMedicine Tuesday, 3/18 • 2:30- 3:30pm

Drumming Circle Wednesday,3/19 • 11:30am-1 pm

Ayurveda Nutrition & You

Self Defense Shoshoni Yoga Retreat DeStress Fest Yoga for Women Love Your Liver

Thursday,4/3 • 2:30-3:30pm Thursday,4/3, 10, 17 • 5-7pm

Saturday, 4/5 • 9am-3pm Wednesday,4/9 • 1 lam-2pm

Thursday,4/10•1-2pm

Wednesday, 4/16 • 12-1 pm Drumming for Health Thursday, 4/17 • 1-2pm Evening Massages Thursday,4/17 • 5-8pm Spiritual Tools for Daily Living Tuesday, 4/22 • 1-2pm Wise Women's Ways (TBA) Tuesday, 4/29 • 11 :30am-1 pm

INDIVIDUAL NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING The Health Center at Auraria offers individual nutritional counseling by a registered dietitian upon referral from a Health Center Medical Provider. Please call (303) 556-2525 for details.

12 STEPS Call Billi at (303)556-2525 for information.

High Le-,,el Wellness Leeture Series: For Body, Mind and Spirit

JOYFUL BREATHING with Allison Howard Thursday, February 6 • 1-2pm •Tivoli 640 Joyful Breathing allows us to feel our aliveness. Full open breathing has many health benefits and is one of the most effective stress reducers. Joyful Breathing can help you stay calm in the midst of high pressure situations, enhance mental clarity, and increases energy which helps to maintain a sense of balance in your daily life. Come learn how to create your own Joy Breath.

ALL ABOUT HOMEOPATHY with Dr. Jennifer Smith Thursday, February 6 • 2:30-3:30pm •Tivoli 640 Homeopathy became popular in this country and Europe during the l 800's. Today it is popular in many countries in the world and growing rapidly in the United States.It is legal and extremely safe. Dr. Smith, a naturopathic physician, who has been using homeopathy as a tool for removing obstacles to health, will give a brief history of Homeopathic Medicine and discuss its value in our current health care practices.

SLASHING THE RISK OF MODERN DISEASES, NATURALLY! with Jolie Root Tuesday, February 11 • 1-2pm • St. Cajetan's Nutritionist and Medical Journalist Jolie Root will demystify the art and science of prevention. She will be sharing simple secrets about which foods and supplements dramatically reduce your risk of heart attack, cancer, stroke, vision loss, viral infections and other major health problems. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Linda Wilkins-Pierce by E-mail wilkinli@mscd.edu or (303) 556-6954.

WINTER WELLNESS with Kathy Heyl, R.D. Tuesday, February 18 • 1-2pm • St. Cajetan's Is it feed a cold and starve a fever or vice versa? Join us for an hour of winter nutrition advice and tips for preventing and treating colds and illnesses. Make this a healthy winter. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Linda Wilkins-Pierce by E­mail wilkinli@mscd.edu or (303) 556-6954.

CLEARING UP THE CONFUSION with Jennifer Allbritton, C.N. Tuesday, March 4 • 1-2pm •St. Cajetan's High protein diets? What kinds of fats should I eat? Are carbohydrates good for me? The media frenzy surrounding dietary advice makes it difficult to discern fact from fiction. We all need food to live, but the right foods to live well! Our food choices and nutrient intake has the greatest impact on our health and disease prevention. Come and join Jennifer, Nutrition Coordinator of Vitamin Cottage, to learn about your best food choices to optimize your health and vitality. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Unda Wilkins-Pierce by E­mail wilkinli@mscd.edu or phone (303) 556-6954.

SELF MASSAGE FOR YOUR HEAD, NECK AND SHOULDERS with Hansa Tuesday, March 18 • 1-2pm •Tivoli 640 Do you experience headaches, stiff neck, tense shoulders? Learn how you can relieve the stress you carry with self massage. Learn basic massage strokes and pressure points to focus on to relieve the stress in your life. See how you can alleviate stress and promote relaxation through self-massage.

DE STRESS FEST (A Stress Free Zone) Co-sponsored with the MSCD Counseling Center Wednesday, April 9 • 11 am-2pm •Tivoli Turnhalle De-Stress Fest is back and better than ever. More bodywork practitioners, time slots for sign ups, activities to do while you wait, more food, more fun. Chair massages, Self-Massage, Therapeutic Touch, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Herbal medicine, Reiki, Nutrition counseling, Acupuncture, Yoga, Biofeedback, Drumming, Joyful Breathing, and Relaxation techniques. Join us in this stress-free zone for a little relaxation. Everything is free.

LOVE YOUR LIVER with Jolie Root Wednesday, April 16 • 12-1 pm •Tivoli 640 Understand the role this amazing organ plays in your health and how you can easily protect it or help it to recover from disease. Learn how to cope with hepatitis, how to reverse cirrhosis, and how to care for a liver challenged by today's diet, by alcohol and even by toxic medications. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Linda Wilkins-Pierce by E-mail wilkinli@mscd.edu or (303) 556-6954.

DRUMMING: HEALING THRU RHYTHM with Jacqui Shumway and Joe Brady Thursday, April 17 • 1-2pm •Tivoli 440 The drum is one of the most ancient instruments dating back tens of thousands of years. It has been used for healing, celebration, and rites of passage. It is a creative way to re­channel negative energy and defuse anger. We invite you to participate in this fun and powerful experience.

SPIRITUAL TOOLS FOR DAILY LIVING with Rev. Najah Lightfoot Bagley Tuesday, April 22 • 1-2pm •Tivoli 640 In these days of uncertainty explore the benefits of going within yourself to find inner peace. Learn to tune into your intuition and how to use it on a daily basis. The benefits of healing herbs and of smudging will be discussed.

Cultural JJir,enity & Hetilth Traditional Healing from Around the World

Many cul~ures offer us ancient, highly respected systems for promoting health and healing. The Health Center would like to introduce you to many of the surviving medical traditions and help you to understand how you can integrate traditional healing methods with Western medicine. This semester we focus on Ayurveda Medicine, a body of traditional medical practices that originated in India more than three thousand years ago. Please reserve your place by E-mailing or calling Linda Wilkins-Pierce at wilkinli@mscd.edu or (303) 556-6954.

TOTAL HEALTH FOR WOMEN USING YOGA AND AYURVEDA with Patricia Hansen Saturday, March 8 • 9am-3pm •St. Francis Center Atrium A beautiful nourishing lunch will be provided.This workshop will teach ancient tools, techniques and ideas from the healing arts of Yoga and Ayurveda. Women of all ages will experience their radiant, powerful, healthy and beautiful self. Join us for this day of joy, wonder, exploration and experience a healthy you in body, mind and soul. Space is limited. Please RSVP: E-mail wilkinli@mscd.edu or call (303) 556-6954. Learn specific Yoga postures to support and maintain women's health. Learn how you can alleviate premenstrual discomfort, hot flashes, mood changes, and other symptoms of perimenopause, menopause and post menopause. For all women who want to find more balance in their lives. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a towel or blanket and yoga mat if you have one.

AYURVEDA: THE TRADITIONAL IND/AN MEDICAL SCIENCE AND YOUR HEALTH with Patricia Hansen Tuesday, March 18 • 2:30-3:30pm •Tivoli 640 This medical system emphasizes preventative medicine and nutrition. It is concerned with maintaining a healthful physical, social and spiritual environment. It uses elements called doshas to analyze health and prevent disease. Come learn what your dosha is and how you can incorporate Ayurveda in your health plan.

AYURVEDA NUTRITION with Jennifer Workman Thursday, April 3 • 2:30-3:30pm •Tivoli 440

This exciting presentation will discuss the four ·basic Ayurvedic principles that will allow you to use food as an ally in the ongoing battle against obesity, poor health and chronic frustrations. Jennifer will demystify the basic principles of Ayurveda and show you how they can be applied to an understanding of Western macronutrients-proteins, fats, and carbohydrates-food sensitivities and overall digestive health.

SHOSHONI YOGA RETREAT Saturday, April 5 • 9am-4pm •Cost: $20.00

Come and experience your own personal retreat with Patricia Hansen, Hansa Knox, and Jennifer Workman. Enjoy morning pranayama class, hatha yoga and a delicious vegetarian lunch in one of the most beautiful peaceful locations in Colorado. Space is limited. Please RSVP to Linda Wilkins-Pierce by E-mail wilkinli@mscd.edu or (303) 556-6954.

SELF DEFENSE: PROTECTING OURSELVES with RAAP Representative Erin Co-sponsored with the Institute for Women's Studies & Services Thursdays, April 3, 1 O & 17 • S-7pm •Tivoli 640 This course is appropriate for women age 13 or older regardless of strength or physical ability . It is an excellent opportunity for women to benefit by developing protection skills.The program is supportive and non-competitive.Taught through the Rape Assistance and Awareness Program (RAAP) who has been working in the Denver Metro Area for 15 years to end sexual violence.

WISE WOMAN'S WAY 11 :30am-1 pm •St. Francis Center Atrium • Lunch provided A celebration of female diversity and development for all women. Wise Men are also welcome!To reserve your place, please E-mail Linda Wilkins-Pierce at wilkinli@mscd.edu or (303) 556-6954. Join us for these engaging, lively, informative programs. Gaih support and wisdom from others to celebrate this transition in our lives.

STOP YOUR CRAVINGS with Jennifer Workman,M.S. R.D. Thursday, February 27 Jennifer Workman is the founder of the Balanced Approach, a national nutrition and weight-management program that helps people develop a positive relationship with food. Learn how to understand your body so that you will be able to listen to the signals it is sending you and respond by providing it with the kind of fuel it needs to function. Learn how to put your system in balance and stop the cravings.

WOMEN'S DRUMMING CIRCLE with Brooks Wednesday, March 19 Magical things can happen in a drumming circle. Experience the joy and delight of drumming with other women. No experience is required. Brooks will give easy instructions. Drum circle instruments will be provided but bring your own drum or other percussion instruments if you wish. Take a lighthearted healing break and drum you "self" young and free. Brooks has led drum circles and workshops in Denver and many other parts of the country for 14 years. Her ability to explain and help others drum in a circle is unique­probably because drumming with others is her passion.

WISE WOMEN TBA Tuesday, April 29

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SGA President Brotha Seku, right, talks with Chief Justice Felicia Wocx:lson during the first meeting of the SGA for the spring semester in TIVOii Senate Chamber Jan.23.

SGA gets back into action Jan. 23 Metro Student Government Assembly had their fi rst meet­

ing of the semester in the Tivoli Senate Chambers. They voted on many agenda items, one being a new adviser.

Assistant professor of management Madison Holloway was voted in as the new SGA faculty adviser.

Other items voted on included funding requests for brochures, fliers, advertising, Homecoming party supplies and the upcoming Metro open house, sponsored by the Student Advisory Committe to · the Auraria Board.

All of the above funding idems were passed. SGA meets every Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Tivoli Senate

Chambers, and meetings are open to the public.

by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan

Madison Holloway sits in the Senate Chamber Room in the TIVOii during the first SGA meeting of the spring semester. Holloway was appointed to become the SGA faculty adviser.

by Joshua Lawton -The f.Aetropolitan

Brotha Seku, SGA President. loads a tape into a recorder for the first session of the spring 2003 semester.

t My role is just to keep them on

track toward meeting their ,. strategic goal.

- Madison Holloway, new SGA faculty adviser

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Police Briefs

A thief may turn to teaching after stealing projector

An AHEC employee reported a projec­tor stolen from the King Center Jan. 24.

Stolen: Proxima Desktop Video Projector: $6,000.

Police have no leads or suspects at this time.

TOTAL LOSS: $6,000 .

Keep a closer eye on your bag or you'll be making collect calls

A Metro student reported his cell phone stolen from his book bag between JO a.m and 10:10 a.m. Jan. 23.

Stolen: Nolcia Cell Phone: $50. Police have no suspects or leads at this time.

TOTAL LOSS: $50.

No, I'm not cold, are you?

A space heater was reported stolen from the Administration building at 9 a.m. Jan. 23.

Stolen: Holmes Space Heater: $19.99. TOTAL LOSS: $19.99

Mr. Fixit could be Mr. Suspect

A University of Colorado at Denver employee reported various tools missing from the King Center Jan. 22.

Stolen: Blue Plastic Tool Box $15, Misc. Tools $195, Black & Decker Mini Drill $30.

The Police have no suspects or leads at this time.

TOTAL LOSS: $240.

If you hit, please don't run

A 2002 Honda Accord was damaged from a hit and run.

The front left side was slightly dam­aged while parked on Walnut Street at 5 p.m. Jan. 23.

A 1990 Jeep Laredo was also damaged by a hit and run with slight damage to the front left comer.

The Jeep Laredo was parked in the Auraria parking lot and occured at 8:35 p.m. Jan.22.

Both cars' damage is under $1,000.

Multiple arrests on campus

Farest Logan Jr., no campus affiliation, was arrested for trespassing and petty theft at 10:34 a.m. Jan. 21.

Ramon Cardenas Jr. , no campus affili­ation, was arrested for outstanding war­rants at 4:27 p.m. Jan. 21.

Willard Tabbee, no campus affiliation, was arrested for outstanding warrants at 2:11 a.m. Jan. 25.

-Andrea Terrones

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The Student Travel Program is a unique student fee-funded program that enables MSCD students and MSCD Student Organizations and Clubs to participate at regional and national conferences for the academic and educational enrichment of all MSCD students.

*The Student Travel Program may give awards for transportation, conference registration expenses. and lodging expenses (on a case-by-case basis). Please call us at (303) 556-3559 or (303) 556-4435 for further information. Complete our travel application al:

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3 AT 7:00 PM UAPAVIUONS

www.mscd.edu/studentlresources/sfrc/ or stop by our office at Tivoli 311 and pick up the Student Travel Proposal Packet.

*All applicants must meet basic eligibility requirements, including credit load and GPA. All proposals are then reviewed, and based on committee input, partial or full funding may be awarded. The Student Travel Program Office will inform you of the funding decision and will work with you in making

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Pick up complimentary passes by presenting your Student ID at Office of Student Publications, Tivoli Suite #313

your travel arrangements.

Passes are on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. Each pass admits two. No phone calls. please. No purchase necessary. Must be a student with a valid ID to receive pass.

OPENS NATIONWIDE FEBRUARY 7! THE METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE of DENVER

Counseling Center, Tivoli 651 s • rtn (303) 556-3132(V/TTY) www.mscd.edu/-counsel

Groups

Women In Transition: An 8-Week Support Group-for the "Non-Tradltlonal" Female Student Tuesdays, (Starting February 4, 2003) • 12-1 pm • Tivolf 651

Facilitator: Dr. Gail Bruce-Sanford, Staff Psychologfst, Et Christine Chew, M.S., Staff Therapist

Returning to school after a prolonged absence can b~ exciting and fun, but also has its share of ups and downs. Adding ye~ anot!ier role as "stu­dent" to the many multiple tasks already undertaken could be very chal­leng ing. This group will provide the opportunity to sh<ire collective expe­riences as they relate to family, parenting, relations!tips, work, identity, self-esteem, and assertiveness with other women intheir 30's and 40's and maybe even a little older. You should not be alone in your pursuit for accomplishing greater things.

R.A.P.S. (Raising Awareness &, Providing Support) Group for Students of Color Time&. Location to be Announced·• Tivoli 651

Facilitators: Jocelyn Buhain, M.A. Et Russefl E Urrutia, L.C.S.W.

This group is open to racial and ethnic minority ;;tudents and/or any stu­dents of color. Its aim is to provide an opportunltv for exploration and self-growth regarding issues of discrimination, acculturation/assimila­tion, internalized racism, and ethnic identity aevelopment, among oth­ers. The group will meet once a week, starting in the: spring semester if enough participants show interest.

Developing and Maintaining Healthy llelatlonshlps Time to be determined based on participants: ~V<tlj<'):!U!!)'_ Tivoli 651

Fadlltators: Dr. Michael Burgan, Staff Psychologist Et Dr. Johanna Wohl, Clinical Psychology Post-Doc

Relationships with other people arc a fundamental aspect of our lives. Positive relationships enrich our lives, reduce stress, and offer us sup­port. Developing and maintaining healthy relationships requires the courage to be oneself and the desire to understand others. This group is open to any Metro student interested in improving their relationships with others.

Workshops

Anger Management Wednesdays, (Starting February 12th and ending on April 30, 2003) • 3-4:30pm •Tivoli 651

Facilitators: Shannon Garrity Et Troy Ewing, MA, Interns

This is a workshop series whic;l11nvplves instruction of skills and discus­sion on: how to keep yourself calm and express yourself constructively, dealing with and expressing en;mtions, assertiveness, and physical health. You may attend one or all of the advertised sessions.

Is It Really Love? Thursday, February l3, 2003 • 1-2:30pm •Tivoli 642

Facilitators: Michael Burg9n, Ph.D. Et Johanna Wohl, Ph.D.

Relationships can enrich our lives or drive us crary. This informational workshop will help JIS to explore some of the myths and facts about making relationship~ work successfully for you.

Who Am I and'Wher~ am I Going? Wednesday, February J9, 2003 • 12-1 :30pm •Tivol i 651 Facilitator. Michael Burgan, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist

Find out your personality:tYfle and how your gender, race, cultural back­ground, and other factors impact your ability to be your "true" self. Participants will find out how their personality impacts such activities as dating, studying, choosing a caseer, and managing stress.

Mlndfuln~ M ~edjtatlon: Eastern Spirit Meets4

~Life ,dnesday, March 12 .. ~00l • a,2-l11m • ·Tiyglf65l,-"'.

Fadlltators: Christine Chol!!, ~ Et-!ElCelyn Buham, M.A., Staff Therapists

Join us for an hour of discussiQrt~\\frOlJnding the ancient wisdom of mindfulness in your daily life, the fAAts,€lf this pract ice, and the bene­fits it brings. We will also touch orr l)s Wtern practice of Meditation, and how this can positively affect yo r~ including s.tress reduction and health. This workshop will not fo~Q any specific religion, and everyone is welcome to come and take SO!l1 time for themselves and their spirit.

2003 Groups &

Workshops Embracing Your Authentic Self Wednesday, March 12, 2003 • 3-4:30pm • Tivoli 651 Facilitators: Johanna Wohl, Psy.D. Et Shannon Garrity, Intern

Have you ever wanted to be more optimistic? This workshop is based on Martin Seligman's book, "Authentic Happiness." Participants wil l have an opportunity to identify their strengths and learn to use them in their daily lives.

Cesar Chavez Workshop - Understanding the Man and His Work Monday, March 3 l, 2003 • 11 am-12pm •Tivoli Multicultural Lounge Facilitators: Troy Ewing, MA., Shannon Garrity, Interns; Et Russ Urrutia, L.C.S.W., Staff Counselor

This workshop will focus on the life and work of Cesar Chavez, a Latino Union Activist. Participants have an opportunity to learn about his development as an activist. his motivation, and implications for practi­cal application of his views in the modern world.

E Plurlbus Unum (Out of Many-One): Finding the Unity In Cuttural Diversity Tuesday, Aprll 8, 2003 • 2-3:30pm •Tivoli 651 Facilitators: Troy Ewing, M.A., Shannon Garrity, Interns; Russ Urrutia, LC.SW., Staff Counselor; Et Gail Bruce-Sanford, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist

Th is workshop is designed to bring people together across cultures by highlighting the uniqueness and cultural history that makes up our indi­vidual identities, addressing some of the social and attitudinal barriers th~t impact cohesiveness, and focusing on our collective identity, simi­lar'i~ies,-aq_d strengths, that could unite us all.

Breakh)j-Down Barriers Wednes~,Aprll 9 2003 • 2-3:30pm •Tivoli 651 FacUltato~ Doug Smith, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist

This interactive workshop will focus on enhancing interactions and communications between people who have a disability and those who may not. The workshop will also seek to raise general awareness about disability issues and increase respect for those who may be struggling with a variety of limitations. An informative video will be utilized to enhance discussion.

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• ABC faces competition from Big Dog Textbooks available from

.:.alternate source to campus bookstore

by Jeff Maher The Metropolitan

_. As the new semester starts, students are again faced with the high cost of textbooks, and some are seeking alternatives to the campus bookstore.

Metro is not the only school where book prices have risen. :rhe inflation of books has

. been going on for a long time at many col­, leges and universities.

Auraria student Steve Taylor has been attending college off and on for 15 years and believes the book prices will continue to nse.

" If the school is going to charge this out­,j- rageous amount of money for books, then I

will just fin~ another option," he said.

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This semester, his other option was going to www.half.com, where he said most books can be purchased at half the shelf price. Taylor said all of the books he ordered online arrived within five days.

"The only pain is finding the book iden­tification numbers," he said. "But I am cer­tainly able to put up with that rather than emptying my wallet for the school."

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University of Colorado at Denver student Apolo Sevilla looks for books for a finance class at Big Dog Textbooks at 1331 15th St. in downtown Denver. Sevilla said, '1he bookstore on campus needs to buy more used books." It was his first visit to the store.

The school is not the one setting the prices, however, according to the Auraria Book Center. When textbook prices go up, it

.... is the publishers who are raising the prices. They sell books at a set cost and also estab­lish the selling price for the bookstore to follow.

give great discounts for new and used text­books, but the delivery can take up to 10 days. Those who can wait for the delivery are likely to save $5 to $I 0 per book. The other option is to buy used books, which can save a decent amount of money, given that the buyer does not mind the previous

, 'If the school is going to charge this outra­

geous amount of money for books, then I will just find another option.'

The soaring cost of books leaves stu­dents with the choice of tightening their budget or searching elsewhere for more rea­sonable prices.

Other websites such as Amazon.com, -i- BarnesandNoble.com, and ecampus.com

- Steve Taylor, Auraria student

owner's doodles and highlights. Most students end up buying their books

on campus simply because it is more convenient and easy to do.

"It's highway robbery," said Brandon Brown, a senior at Metro. "You pay this

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incredible amount of money for books, and then get hardly anything back for them at the end of the semester."

Brown was among a number of students who purchased books from an off-campus bookstore.

"I went to Big Dog Textbooks," he said. "It's a cheaper price per book, there's no lines, and overall it's just a better experi-ence."

Big Dog Textbooks, located at 1331 15th St., is an independently-owned company that offers lower prices and more flexible hours than most bookstores. Although they have only been open for six months, the word is already getting around about this lower-cost alternative.

Stephanie Duncan, co-owner of Big Dog, said her business strongly be lieves in good, old-fashioned customer service. Duncan, who has been working at off-cam­pus bookstores for seven years, said Big Dog buys its books from students and book wholesale companies and sells them for

cheap. "Students have brought me their receipts

from the campus bookstore and I have seen as much as a $60 difference per book when comparing to our prices," Duncan said.

Big Dog does not guarantee the books you need to be in stock but can order and hold books if necessary. That news can be quite a relief for students, especially for those who are faced with buying books for $200 each.

"It's ridiculous," said Ryan Siemer, a recent graduate of Regis University. "It's getting to the point where the cost of books will eventually match the cost of tuition."

Siemer said that while he attended the University of Colorado at Denver for a semester, one of his classes required t he stu­dents to buy a book that the professor authored himself.

" It 's not right. What if professors oper­ated like doctors do with drug companies," he said. "Drug companies give doctors spe-

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and services. " In fact, most students don't even know that there is an alumni associa­tion."

Metro is taking steps to becoming a more traditional college by having its first Homecoming in 10 years, celebrating with a week of activities aimed at unifying students, staff and alumni.

In order to find a better way to bring together the many diverse communities that make up the unique Metro family, a commit­tee was formed and included many of Metro's different departments and organizations.

Student unfamiliarity with campus offices and activities is likely the result of Metro being a modem commuter campus, where a majority of the students have the difficult task of balancing families and jobs along with their academic workload.

"What we decided as a college was we don't do a very good job of tying together faculty, staff, students and alumni in any one event that bring people together," said Krisfin Magill, assistant director for alumni programs

"The feedback that we got from extensive research with outside consultants, and even internally, is that there is a sense of many of our students wanting to find community," said Interim Assistant Dean of Student Life Joanna Duenas.

"I think what we have to do is offer a plethora of opportunities to engage with com­munity. This is a start. Research tells us that

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Sat., Feb.8 Alumni Choir Concert 7: 30 p.m., King Center Concert Ball $5 general admission ; $3 senior ; Free with student ID .

Mon .• Feb. 10 Mannie Jackson Lecture 9 a.m., Tivoli TurnhaH.e Rachel B . Noel Distinguished Professor Mannie Jackson, owner of the Harl.em Globetrotters, speaks on campus.

Tues., Feb. 11 ''Love and Basketball" 8 a.m. -5 p .m., Tivoli MUl.ticultural. Lounge, free 2000 film produced by Spike Lee.

Wed., Feb. 12 Homecoming Pep Rally Noon at the fiagpole . Join us for food and fun as we cheer on our men's and women's basketball teams.

Wed .• Feb. 12 Russell Simmons Presentation 1 p.m., Tivoli Turnhalle, free Def Jam Records founder and Hip-Bop promoter speaks on campus.

Thurs., Feb. 13 Spirit Day Show your pride! Wear your Metro State sweatshirt or cap and you could wi.n a prize from the Rowdy Patrol .

Thurs., Feb. 13 Homecoming Game Metro State vs. Regis University

Doubleheader in the Auraria Events Center Women' s team plays at 5 p.m.; Men's team plays at 7 p.m. $5 per person . Free with student ID.

Thurs .• Feb. 13 Post-Game Party at Brauns Starts immediately after the qame Brauns Bar & Grill, across from campus on Auraria Parkway.

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tThis ts an opportunity for us to celebrate as a community, which we don't get a lot of opportunity to other than graduation. '

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Lab work

by Joshua Lawton - The Metropolitan

Netro student Justin Carter, left, and Elin Otter a, a Netro soccer player, work in the new computer lab e.den in Tivoli room 243. The new lab, with 28 stations and six laptop ports, opened for the spring semester to students with a current Netro student l.D.

Nation's students protest in D.C. by Vanessa Gamica

The Oracle

(U-WIRE) TAMPA, Fla. - Freezing cold January temperatures were no match for the heated tempers of the massive amounts of demonstrators who took to the streets of Washington, D.C., Jan. 18.

A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now To Stop War and End Racism) organized what turned out to be the biggest protest since the Vietnam War, news sources reported.

Media sources, such as The Washington Post, reported that anywhere between 80,000 and 500,000 people attended the march.

Christopher Davis, a University of South Florida senior majoring in international studies, said he went to the peace demonstration to show solidarity for the peace movement.

"I wanted to be a part of the peace process," Davis said. "I wanted to be a part of the demo­cratic process of opposing government's ideas."

Davis, who went to Washington on a bus along with six other USF students, said the truth inspired him to go. He said bombing innocent people is not the right thing to do.

"We support our troops. We know it is not their fault. We have to hold the leaders account­able," Davis said.

As for the results, some of the protesters hope the amount of people will send a message to the administration.

"Someone said there hasn't been a strike on

Iraq directly because of the peace movement, because of the protest in October, because of this global protest," Davis said. "This isn't some­thing that it is just happening here in D.C. This is happening all over the world."

Davis said he challenges the American pub­lic to get informed through different media sources and then make a decision about war.

"They could turn off their televisions and go to independent news sources like Guardian.co.uk, or The Independent," Davis

attack Iraq as very personal ones. "A president whose living has been based on

oil has everything to do with a preemptive strike in a country that has the second largest oil reserve in the world," Davis said. However, Bush has maintained that Iraq is a military threat and that oil has nothing to do with the possible war.

People saw the opportunity to go to a protest of this intensity as a privilege, but sophomore Kandace Vallejo said the expense was difficult to

'This isn't something that is just happening

here in D.C. This is happening all over the world.'

- Christopher Davis, University of South Florida senior

said. "It is a shame that we have to go to other countries' newspapers to find out what is really going on in our country."

Davis also mentioned the countries that at this point are not supporting President Bush's resolution to attack Iraq.

"Countries like Germany, China and Russia, who are major powers, are not going to allow this sort of attack to go on," Davis said. "Also, hundreds of thousands of people coming out to support the peace ~use in all of the major cities in the United States sends a clear message."

Davis referred to President Bush's reasons to

bear. "My friend initially brought it up, but I did­

n't know ifl had the financial resources to do so. But the protest in Washington was the most pos­itive thing I have ever been a part of," Vallejo said.

Vallejo said she was inspired by the size of the crowd during the march.

"I saw a lot of families with their children, which I thought was really great. It is important for children to learn things besides what main­stream mass media teach them," Vallejo said.

Although many speakers were present at the

march, the crowd could only see a few. But Hengesbauth mentioned the effect of a couple oif them.

"Jesse Jackson is always a very ·powerful and poignant speaker. Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general, was another speaker that caught my attention," Hengesbauth said.

USF Senior Aneesh Karve said he went to Washington because he felt he had to listen to his ·. conscience.

"My conscience was directing me to stand up for the women and children oflraq that do not have a voice," Karve said.

"I 'm sure that if it would not have been that cold in D.C., the protest would have been much bigger," Karve said. • -

A strong believer in the Constitution and in democracy, Karve said he felt he took an active role in shaping the society when he attended the manifestation more than a week ago.

"The idea of democracy is that everybody has a voice," Karve said. "After coming back , from Washington, D.C., I felt like a citizen of a democracy for the first time in my life."

When describing the diversity of the crowd, Karve referred to his friend's remark.

"I see Americans: black, white, old, young, Arab, Christian and Muslim," Karve said.

Karve said that the diversity in the multituder was important to the protest.

"It said that the opposition to the war, the drive for peace, is coming from all generations, all walks of life and all races," Karve said.

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Metro's NCAA Division II Basketball cham­pions.

"Each year [the Roadrunners] play our cross-town rival, Regis University, and it 's a big game," Magill said. "But, unfortunately, because we are a commuter campus, we don't pack the stands. We have a National Championship team and we can pack the event center," Magill said. "We said, 'Well, a lot of it is because people don't know we have a basketball team. Alumni don't know they can go to games. So let 's let people know. ' We decided to make that our focal event."

The planning for Homecoming started last fall after Metro was granted its own inde­pendent governing board by Gov. Bill Owens.

"But, you know, they've got longer traditions, a lot more money, and this was an opportuni­ty as a campus for us to get together and find a way again to celebrate our successes local­ly, nationally, as well as the fact that our enrollment numbers are increasing.

"This is an opportunity for us to celebrate as a community, which we don ' t get a lot of opportunity to do other than graduation. And with the nature of our commuter campus, we don't get together as a community en mass to celebrate and to just have fun," Duenas said.

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Feb.12 Homecoming Pep Rally Noon at the Flagpole Join in for food, prizes and fun while cheering on the national championship men's basket­ball team.

Feb.13 Double header women's and men' s basketball games. Women - 5 p.m. Men-7 p.m. Free for Metro students with I.D. $5 all others

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"It was just so crazy a time that we all stepped back and said 'well, how can we sort of rethink, as a committee, how to celebrate not only our local, but our national recogni­tions that are growing, as we become a mature and established institution here in the state,"' Duenas said.

"We looked at the calendar, and Homecoming is traditionally tied into an ath­letic event, and because we have the national champi~ns tied it into that and hence the Hoops & Hearts around the Valentine theme," she said.

Attention! All Potential Spring 2003 Degree Candidates

During the series of games, there will be a number of activities. The school will be introducing a new fight song, and recognizing the 50,000th graduate of Metro, a person who graduated just this last year, Duenas said.

" It 's not as comprehensive as some insti­tution's Homecoming weeks," Duenas said.

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cial incentives to prescribe their drugs, and I wouldn ' t be surprised to see publi shers doing the same to professors."

It is not j ust prices that students are complain ing about, but rather how the entire system is organized.

Some question why new editions for books are made almost every year when the content remains the same. The new editions render the older editions unse llable at the end of the semester.

"It's exactly the same, they j ust switch a few words around so that we are fo rced to buy the new editi on," Siemer said. "What they are doing should be illegal."

At most colleges all required course books are chosen by the professo rs.

Since they are the ones teaching the course, it is assumed that they know what titl es best explain the material for the class­es. But some students be lieve that the sim­ple business of selling textbooks has turned into a lucrative and deceiving practice that takes pride in playing the fool.

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by the End of the Spring Semester, 2003:

Must File an Application for Graduation card in the Office of the Registrar (CN105) by Friday, January 31, 2003

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Do not forget the past

Joel Tagert Columnist

In the last . few months, here in the U.S. and around the world, hundreds of thousands

of people have marched in opposition to war in Iraq. There exists substantial resistance to war both within our government and from foreign powers. Recently our own Mayor Webb said that Bush had not made the case for war.

The tide of resistance is rising, but how high and for how long? For now, the peace movement is growing, but I am concerned that it seems to be largely reactive rather than pro-active. Rallies are at their largest when this country is at war or preparing for war; when the war ends, the move­ment falters. Perhaps this is unavoidable, but while activistsa energy waxes and wanes, the warmakers roll steadily on, fueled by the profits of war. During the interludes between wars, the masses stay at home, and the movement is sus­tained by a small, dedicated activist core whose membership has remained constant for decades. While this group does a tremendous amount of work, it cannot by itself halt the juggernaut of the U.S. military and its supporters. It must grow if it hopes to effect change.

Also, while this core group has kept the waters of nonviolent resistance flowing through the years, I wonder if a certain amount of stag­nancy has not crept in. I speak particularly in regard to methods. Here in Denver, what 1 have primarily seen are I) rallies and marches, 2) peti­tion and letter-writing drives, 3) small benefit concerts, and 4) many, many speakers. While all these approaches are worthwhile, we must be wary lest they lose their efficacy and become no more than a balm for a bruised conscience. It is only too easy for the right to stigmatize these methods as the activities of an unrealistic minor­ity rather than the unspoken desires of the silent majority. The peace movement of today is not the civil rights movement of yesterday; and Bush is more of a Laurie Pritchett than a Bull Connor. If we wish to achieve lasting changes in this countryc3s policies, we must engage in this struggle not only with a lasting determination, but with a renewed creativity.

To this end, some of us on campus are form­ing a new student group this semester, to be called Creative Resistance. Creative Resistance will seek new and innovative methods of nonvi­olent resistance to injustice. We will do this through art, music, theater, writing, organizing, and brainstorming. Our meetings \vill be partici­patory, focused, active, and fun. We will talk while we work rather than just talking about work.

One of our first projects will be to make four giant peace puppets. Our first .meeting will be on Saturday, Feb. 8th from 10:00 AM to noon in in the Art building. Watch for flyers for more details.

To avert war, we need not a tide of resist­ance, but a tidal wave. Through the power of creativity, we can generate an earthquake of dis­content under the placid sea of this campus's complacency.

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U.S. Anti-War

Anthony Deland

46 U.S. cities have passed resolutions against Attaking Iraq

Abortion: right or wrong? Last week marked the 30 year anniversary of

the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade. Abortion has been and will continue to be a <lorn-

Nick

Bahl

inant issue in America. I'm sure everyone is familiar or at least acquat­inted with a religious stance on this issue, but what about a liberal stance?

This church, that church, and l 0 more in a 15-block radius are all spreaders of truth. Which truth is the truth, though? Picking and choosing between so many choices complicates any religious

argument. Biblically, people such as Reverend Paul Hill and Michael Bray have determined it is perfectly OK and even their duty to kill those that they consider wrong. Both men are included on a large list of people who have undertaken violent acts in the name of religion against abortion doc­tors and clinics, among other things. These people represent the extreme right. What does the extreme left say?

Logic and progression are the cornerstones of the left. Logically, what can we decide about abor­tion? To answer this question, I must assume human nature doesn't change. The state ofhumans in nature changes, and our nature must adjust with our acquired reason. But human nature stays con­stant.

Self-preservation is any animal's primal nature. Self-preservation is selfish. Eternal life is also selfish. People gain reason from their experi­ences. Experiences only have substance and mean­ing because our senses give our mind that opportunity. Reason is not adherent, but acquired. We all know people who are unable to reason even as well as many of the lower ani-

mals. Reason transforms selfishness into selfless­selfishness. Herein lies the difference between the right and left. Ironically for the left, the Bible gives us a good description of human nature: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It is selfish but reasonable. It is human.

At what point does a developing human become human? At what point does a human become a person? What is the difference between a human and a person?

Human is a title, as cat is for an animal. Person, for the left, holds a higher meaning, and is exactly what they look to protect. That's why mur­dering people is wrong to them. ls that guy right over there reasonable or does he just have the potential to be so? ls he a person or just another animal?

At what point does become human? At

The left says no. All of these things look at the best quality of life for the greatest number of peo­ple and conclude either "yes" or "no." If a young woman finds herself pregnant and the father is unknown or the potential person has little chance ofliving more then a few years, is it wrong to bet­ter the future quality of life for both of them? The left says no.

Right and left see life differently. It all depends on you perception of life and human nature. Society has shifted from reason to conven­ience as it's measuring stick. Convenience is not an excuse for anything. It's simply lazy. Quality of life is the drive for every person's activities. It gives substance to their personhood. Every person wants something different.

In America, our personhood is so advanced

a developing what point

human does a

human become a person?

Potential doesn't make something what it could be. I'm sure the person you're looking at is at least partially dressed and operating to some extent in society. ls it a reasonable extent? That's relative.

Once a human's senses are exposed to the world they live in, their potential is realized and they become reasonable through experience which makes them a person and no longer just human.

ls it necessarily selfish to have an abortion if the parents are unable to support it, if the parents will suffer unbearable social harm, if it doesn't physically harm anyone else, or if the potential person has little to no change a personhood? Basically, if a person isn't being harmed in any way is it wrong?

that we have started to seek selfish conveniences and have left selfless-selfishness behind. The left says it's not wrong to save a developing human from this world before it is a person, when part of the parents' and the developing human's person­hood would be stolen from them if it weren't done.

"Theft is wrong, too!" they scream. "All life is precious, and personal responsibil­

ity could wipe this whole issue away," retorts the right.

In America, church and state are separate and we still have our personal right to choose. Decide what human nature and life mean to you and abor­tion is clear cut.

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Keep Metro's funding alive Will you please take the time to contact

your legislators and voice your opinion about how they balance Colorado's budget relative to

Joan L. Foster Guest

Columnist

higher education fund­ing?

Metro's lobbying efforts last year were acknowledged by the Chair of the House Education Committee and accomplished their goal. So, J'm asking you to please do it again. Here is the issue and contact information:

As we all know, Colorado is in a budget cns1s. Colorado is required to have a bal­

anced budget. There are many state-funded agencies and programs which are protected from budget cuts. Higher education is not pro­tected and is often seen as the most vulnerable to budget cuts (Dave Owen, Chair of JBC, January 2003).

The State of Colorado Joint Budget Committee (JBC) is working on proposing leg­islation to balance the budget. Wednesday (January 22) they agreed to propose legislation that would limit higher education's reductions to $77 million. This is the best that we can hope for. Jf you've followed the discussion in the papers, they've even discussed cutting higher education's budget by 42% ($316 million-

January 18, 2003 Rocky Mountain News). This is an unlikely "worse case scenario" which would be catastrophic, especially when you place these budget cuts in the context of how poorly Colorado funds higher education (AAUP reports that Colorado is 42nd in the nation in per capita appropriations to higher education).

On Wednesday, the JBC proposed shifting an accounting pract_ice having to do with income taxes that would save approximately $_280 million in the current year's budget This would not change our taxes-it is merely a b_ookkeeping change. It wourd not be a perma­nent solution to the crisis, but would ease the situation. .-

With the adoption of this bookkeeping change, they are proposing that higher educa­tions budget cuts would be limited to $77 mil­lion. Would you please call or email you legislator and ask them to limit higher educa­tion's share of the budget cuts to $77 million. It would be most politically effective if you did this from your own home. You need to speak your own conscience but, if you'd like a model, this is what I would suggest you say:

"I understand that the State has a large budget shortfall and that you will have many difficult choices to make. 1 would appreciate it if, as MY REPRESENTATrYE, you will vote to protect higher education's funding. Having an educated workforce will help Colorado's econ­omy recover and be one of the strongest in the nation. Thank you for your time and considera­tion in this matter."

Letters to the Editor

Thank you for your time and consideration in this urgent matter.

- Joan L. Foster (a.k.a. Biology Joan) Faculty Senate President

Here are the directions for contact­ing your state legislators:

1. Jf you don't remember your state legislators or district numbers you can eas­ily obtain them through this link (it worked for me): http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml

On the left side of the screen is a menu that will tell you how to determine your candidates and elected officials. This requires your knowing your entire zipcode - including the four digit suffix to it There is a link right there to determine your entire zipcode. Once you find your State Representative and State Senator, if you click on them there will be some infor­mation including how to contact them.

2. If you already know your legisla­tor's name then click on the following links to get contact information:

http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inet­dir,nsf/HouseMembers?openview

http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inet­dir.nsf/SenateMembers?openview

War is not a game of RISK Dear Editor,

Killing is never easy to accept, but it is all too easy to justify, as Nick Bahl attempts to do in his editorial last week in the Metropolitan. He declares that a war for oil is inevitable, that free-market capitalism will bring peace and prosperity to Iraq, and that the whole thing is somehow a noble endeavor.

Bahl tries to use rhetoric to justify war, dreamily rearranging global economies like a kid playing RISK. His theory (unfortunately, he's not alone) is that free-market capitalism invariably brings peace and prosperity for all. This is curious, considering that oil capitalism is the very reason why the Bush administration wants to murder a couple hundred thousand Iraqis (and Saddam, if they can find him). This hardly sounds like it will bring peace, although certainly it will bring prosperity to Dick Cheney's Halliburton portfolio. Bahl urges us to acquiesce to a war that he freely admits is pro-

ID etropolitan Editor-In-Chief Jenni Grubbs

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moted by an administration fueled by corporate greed and political interest. This is bizarre Orwellian reasoning, where selfish greed brings wealth for all and falling bombs usher in "sta­bility to the Middle East." Of course once you believe this it's not a stretch to postulate that war is inevitable. We should demurely lay back and enjoy this inevitable war, hoping for the best, it being apparently already decided for us, sort of like the rape victim in that old joke. Don't believe it for a minute: war is NOT inevitable! All that has to happen to halt it is for Bush and his oil company cronies to feel a spark of human compassion and back down, or for the sleeping majority to make them do so.

Bahl refers to war and dying as "noble." I think we get notions like these from watching movies like The Patriot or The Two Towers. Even movies like Saving Private Ryan portray war as a series of skirmishes between small groups of men against (for the most part) men.

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American War in the 21st century consists almost entirely of Dresden-style carpet bomb­ing. Those pulling triggers and emptying their cargo bolds seldom, if ever, see the people they kill, like the anonymous fighter pilot who dropped a bomb on the Aamayria air-raid shelter in the Gulf War, killing 415 mothers and young children. This is abstract even for the men and women in the military, and more so for John Q. Public watching coverage on MSNBC of col­ored flashing lights and slick maps covered in little icons. In any case, for the most part it's not Americans dying but Iraqis; how presumptuous to declare the pain-filled death of an Iraqi "noble" from the safety of Fortress America.

To die for peace is noble; to kill for oil is repugnant.

Lindsey Trout Metro sophomore

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-What does not destroy me makes me stronger. -Nietzsche

Never have I wished to use this qoute. I have seen PETA advocates step over

homeless people protesting. I have wit­nessed the naivete of young practionioners of "peace" spit upon others' ideas. I have been arrested at Rocky Flats. I sat in dis­may when our current President's father ordered an invasion in Kuwait, knowing, full-well, that some of my friends and fam­ily could possibly lose their lives. I was watching the Today show when a bunch of bastards decided to sacrifice their lives and almost 3,000 people - including friends -were assasinated. l've observed peace ral­lies asking "our Muslim friends" to preach peace with them. 1 know that, if given a chance, I would kill Osama bin Laden (some people should die, that's just com­mon knowledge-Janes Addiction).

1 do, however, regret saying that a per­son with biological, chemical and nuclear weapons with an ill-hatred toward humani­ty should be killed.

Let's face the facts. Saddam Hussein has killed his children, cut out the tongues of anyone adverse to his policies, advocat­ed the rape and pilage of his constituents, and ... is, bottom-line, one of the biggest jackasses since Hitler. My little "peace­people" should check out:

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Sometimes people should die and I'll be the first to step up and kill this son of a bitch, female-killing, God-irreverent lack­ing, perfect example of a maniacal piece of work not since witnessed since as late as the freakshows of 9/ 11 and seen as early as the beginning of creation who truly believe that their shit does not stink.

Give me the first ride to Iraq. Let me blow his brains out with my small gun and urinate on his pathetic, egocentric, misogy­nistic, poorly-groomed and bad- (if not MAD-) batted corpse. This world needs leaders who are better than we have ever experienced - at home and abroad.

Let this be a warning to those who do not understand. Mr. Hussein is to Muslims as Mr. Baker was to Christians. This being said, the latter is in jail and the former is worthwhile of the best Nuremburg trial.

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llEtro junior Paul Kuenne is a marketing major and works at The Sharper Image at Cherry Creek Mall. He is a co-founder of One Liquid House, a youth organization that plans to open a dance club for teens in Highlands Ranch.

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Age: 23. Birthday: November 16, 1979. Favorite Vacation Spot: San Diego. Favorite Restaurant: The Fort. Favorite Pastime: Fly fishing, camping. Favorite Actor: Al Pacino or Michael Douglas. Favorite Actress: Catherine Zeta Jones. Favorite College Memory: The Rio Margarita. Favorite Movie: Badboys. If I had $ 1 Million I would: Retire. Pet Peeve: When people ask questions with no answer. Favorite Band: U2. Favorite Season: Summer. Favorite Holiday: My birthday. Major: Marketing.

Paul Kuenne: not your average Joe Marketing major in 'no hurry to graduate' because of economy

Previously, he managed the men's fur­nishings department in Nordstrom at Park Meadows Mall.

"I can ' t imagine any job other than retail," he said. "I ' ve worked retail as long as I can remember."

Not only has Paul become a retail con­noisseur, he also introduced me to the world of selling people things they don't need.

by Jonathan Kuenne The Metropolitan

Paul Kuenne, a Metro marketing student, co-founder of a new innovative youth organ­ization, and my brother, is not your average Joe. It is with sincere honesty when I say that Paul is an incredible student, leader, older brother and friend.

When Paul was only 14, his life was threatened by a brain tumor. Family and friends were shocked, devastated and uncer­tain.

Through all of it, Paul remained calm, faithful and courageous.

Within one week of the diagnosis Paul was under the hands of the doctors in the operating room.

"It happened so quickly, I really didn't have time to worry," he said.

The doctors worked meticulously to remove the tumor. Miraculously, the tumor, which had previously been measured as the size of a golf ball, had shrunk to the size of a grape not more than a week later.

The surgery was a success. The tumor was benign.

"I remember the nurse reinserting my I.V. after the surgery," Kuenne said. "Seven times she tried to stick it in me - poking and prodding, my arm felt as if a swarm of mosquitoes were eating me alive. That was worse than anything else."

Unfortunately, not too long after, the

doctors discovered that Paul had developed borderline narcolepsy. Because of the diag­nosis, he was forced to graduate early from high school.

Paul made an incredible rebound from surgery and it shows.

He then enrolled at Arapahoe Community College and attended for two years.

Next, he transferred to Metro, where he is currently pursuing a marketing degree. Paul said he plans to graduate within the next year.

soon will take on mentor training. "I think there are a lot of teens who don't

have true mentors in our society - no one to be open ears," Kuenne said. "My passion is that we can provide a physical building that can create relationships between mentors and youth that ignite hope, give voice and inspire faith.

"We've been meeting for over a year now, and I think we are ready to get the ball rolling with One Liquid House," he said.

"Once we get our marketing tools togeth-

In fact, if it weren't for Paul, I would be unemployed, in debt and dressing like a bum. I credit my past two jobs to him.

My bank account would be a negative if it weren't for his generous contributions, and I would not have any fashion knowledge whatsoever if it were not for his keen expert­ise.

Great judgment is one of Paul's out­standing qualities; The past two jobs he has provided me with have allowed me to gener­ate more than enough income.

"I 'm in no hurry to graduate," he said, "espe­cially with the economy doing so badly."

'Once we get our marketing tools together and Most recently, he co­

founded the new innova­tive youth organization, One Liquid House.

"I feel that the teen market as a whole has

fund raising in place, we'll experience unbeliev­

able times. I think the best is yet to come.' been ignored," Paul said. "There isn't a physical place where they can call home."

One Liquid House plans to open a night­club in the Park Meadows area to give teens a place to use their creative talents to be heard in the community. Week in and week out Paul is involved with the development of the nightclub, marketing, team building and

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er and fund raising in place we'll experience unbelievable times. I think the best is yet to come."

In addition to developing a nightclub and going to school full time, Paul is currently working full time at The Sharper Image in the Cherry Creek Mall.

His donations to my "vacation funds" were more than helpful, and his six years of fashion expertise enabled me to snag a cou­ple of dates.

Student, leader, survivor, brother and friend, Paul is making waves in the commu­nity.

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be on alert for possible duty in Iraq, and is just waiting to hear when he might go.

During the rally many protesters held signs that said "Peace is Patriotic" and "Drop Bush not Bombs."

Zoe Williams, Metro student, spoke at the rally, leading the crowd in a chant that said, " I say money for jobs, not war."

She also said, "We're going to make it clear that we are stronger than them."

Metro student Zach Ross had a different view and said, "1 feel like people who went into the war are doing their job, and it's not necessarily a bad thing."

He said that the United States has some extremely good forces and he is undecided on whether the United States should go to war.

Chief Justice for the Student Government Assembly Felicia Woodson was one of the speakers at the rally and she said that she believes in giving peace a chance.

"Bullying countries is not the way to go," Woodson

said. "Showing muscle is not the way to go." She suggested that the U.S. government try to find

other avenues, such as a peace talk. Woodson said that the United States should look at

other ways of sustaining resources besides oil. "Environmentalists here in America have a full

understanding besides oil that will help sustain America's way of life besides oil," Woodson said. "Why Bush and others are not taking advantage of that, I don't know."

The last rally Anti-war Auraria held was on Nov. 4, 2002, and was led by a campus-wide walkout, encour­aging students to make a statement against the war, a press release from Anti-war Auraria said.

Durban said Anti-war Auraria plans to build a jail cell where certain students will be detained for 24 hours to make a statement regarding the effect foreign stu­dents have had to undergo due to homeland security. She said the jail cell is an education and fundraising tool.

Middle: In an act of civil disobidience, Paula Preston sits in meditation blocking the south entrance of a Denver office tower that houses civil defense con­tractor's offices as well as the Halliburton Co., whose former CEO is oow Vice President Dick Cheney.

by Will Moore­The Metropolitan

Right: Overwelmed with emotion, Paula Preston reacts to the weight of the situation down­town.

by Will Moore -The Metropolitan

Above: Netro freshman 1De Williams arouses an estimated crowd of 300 demonstrators by the flagpole Jan. 27 before the march to the downtown area. by Danny Holland -The Metropolitan

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An unidentified woman is arrested by Denver Police officer ' Ramirez, center, and a Denver County Sherriff's Deputy the anti-war protest in downtown. The woman was one of ei;tei"s arrested for blocking the &Mn of Halliburton Co., 410 • , one of the world's largeSt providers of oil field services.

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Left: Demonstrators gather in the Lawrence Street Mall Jan. 27 during the Anti-War Peace Rallv organized by Anti-War Aurarta. The rally offered protestors, stu­dent speakers and a peace choir followed with an optional civil disobedi" encemarch into downtown. by Danny Holland -The Metropolitan

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Emmanuel Gallery features student art by Ian Neligh

The Metropolitan

The Emmanuel Gallery is currently show­casing the Community College of Denver's annual Student Art Show featuring a variety of photography, drawings, paintings and graphic design work created by students over the last year. The art show opening was immediately fol­lowed by an award ceremony for student artwork judged by faculty from Metro, the University of Colorado at Denver and Regis University.

"(The art show) is an amazing experience for the students," said CCD President Christine Johnson. "As an artist, it's something that you have to be ready and willing to do. lt's hard to put your art up and have people look at it."

The show's award for first place went to CCD student Kristi Salyer, for her typographical calendar that shows, stylistically, the major peri­ods in art history. Salyer originally studied to be a kindergarten teacher before returning to school to study graphic design.

"I was toying with periods of art through time, and 1 just picked some that were more influential to me, and the ones that were pretty influential in the world of type and design," Salyer said. "They were somewhat chronologi­cal. One thing influences the next, so it's hard to really differentiate them."

With over 25 pieces of graphic design in this show, CCD Graphic Design Coordinator Jessica de Soria believes the quantity of graphic design pieces submitted is a good sign.

by Shannon Davidson -The Nfetropolitan

Kristi Salyer reacts to the anouncement that she won Best of Show for the Community College of Denver Student Art Show Jan. 23. Her display featured a typographical calendar, an identity piece, and charette. Her award consisted of a cash prize and gift certificate.

"The program is growing and building," Soria said. "You can see the level of conceptual understanding in their projects. The level of color and composition is amazing."

"I think a lot of people look at graphic design as a completely different type of art form, and it really shouldn't be," said Jennifer Gamer,

lnterim Director of Emmanuel Gallery. "Sometimes people don't think it should be inter­mingled with fine art, but I think it looks won­derful in here. I think that it's a beautiful combi­nation of just wonderful artwork thal~o many talented students did."

The CCD art faculty has been putting on the art show for about 13 years. In order to ensure that there would be no familiarity with the stu­dents, the three jurors chosen this year were not affiliated with the school.

"We have this contest, and the students chip

The resurrection of Bach by Travis Combs The Metropolitan

The passion, the Cantata and the music of the baroque Sunday Mass of legendary music composer Johann Sebastian Bach filled the King Center Concert Hall Thursday evening.

The Boulder Bach Festival, in its 22nd year, features both a choir and an orchestra dedicated exclusively to performance of the works of Bach. The concert at the King Center opened the festival, w hich held per­formances the following four days in both Denver and Boulder.

"This is a non-profit organiz.ation, start­ed 22 years ago on a small scale to perform the works of Bach in a historically accurate manner," said Larry Worster, Associate Professor Chair of the Department of Music at Metro. Worster is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Festival.

Composed of a 60-member choir and an orchestra that p lays instruments unique to the time period, the festival's choir and orchestra­tion remains more in line w ith the original style used by Bach himself.

"So many people perform Bach with a 150 voices, but Bach only performed his work with 20 to 40 voices," Worster said. "When possible, we use instruments which are period instruments. We try to put together a program that illuminates the life of Bach."

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formance included the addition of the Bach Festival Chorus and featured Motet No.4 and Cantata 140 with feature soloists Carmen Pelton, soprano, Patrick Mason, baritone, and Curt Peterson, tenor. Robert Spillman con­ducted the concert.

Bach, who lived between 1685 and 1750, has long been regarded as the genius of the Baroque era of music and flourished for near­ly a century before the time of traditional clas­sical music composers such as Mozart and Beethoven.

During his lifetime, Bach composed over performed. sole!~ .by the orchestra, and fe~- 1,000 pieces of music, with 200 of the compo-tured soloists Philip West on oboe, and Justlll sitions specifically created for the Sunday

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In the early half of his life, Bach was employed as an organist in the courts of the German nobility. Later, he accepted a post in the city of Leipzig, which included the responsibilities of composing civic music and all of the music for the city's largest churches.

After Bach's death in 1750, many of his manuscripts were lost. His music was forgot­ten and not performed again unti l 1827 when composer Felix Mendelssohn performed Bach 's St. Matthews Passion in Berlin. Since that time, Bach's work has seen a resurgence of interest in the modem musical world.

"The resurrection and recognition of Bach as the genius composer of his time has only really happened in the modem era," Worster said.

A different work of Bach was performed each evening of the festival, partly because of the sheer volume of Bach 's work, and

partly due to the passion the ensemble feels for the composer.

"Rather than chronological. we take themes of Bach's works and perform them," Worster said. "Sundays are always his largest works."

Worster credits the success of the Boulder Bach Festival with the exclusive focus on the works of Bach.

"This is a wonderful event because it's a festival dedicated just to Bach", said Worster. "We don't try to do Beethoven or Mozart, so I think we perform wonderfully vibrant per­formances of just Bach's works."

Those interested in information on the Festival can contact www.boulder bachfest.org.

in money to enter the show and put the titles and their names on the back of the pieces so the jurors have no idea who they are," said Amy Metier, chair of the CCD art department. "Then they juror the show, and only about a third of the entries get in."

Program helps new students find place

by Shannon Hasty The Metropolitan

The anxiety associated with starting college, or even transferring to a new campus, can be overn.ilelming. Renee Ruderman, director of the First Year program, says many students often struggle to make that transition.

Created in 1986 with a small state gran~ this program guides students through their first year and, ideally, into the next, smoothing the road for a successful college career.

"At that time ( 1986), 50 percent of first year students dropped out of college," Rudennan said "We are here to encourage students to use campus resources and become part of the campus community."

The first year program offers students a closely-knit web of resources that give stu­rents a diffi:rent outlook on college life. The program oflm seminar classes to first year students, which are available in several disci­plines and count toward the multicultural studies requirement

The classes are one of the program's foremost :fucets. They take a more reality­based perspective on the American dream

"I call it thinking in your seat,"

Ruderman said "We have a lot of good argu­ments and peer interaction."

The classes have 22 to 26 students enrolled and are always quick to fill during regi.51ration

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Metro prof. knows avant-garde jazz scene by Travis Combs The Metropolitan

Who would suspect that your 10 a.m. music theory professor has been on the cutting edge of the avant-garde jazz scene for over 25 years?

Fred Hess, who has been playing the tenor saxophone and composing original music since the late 1960s, has worked professionally in both the Denver and the New York City jazz scenes. He has recently taken his career to a new level with the release of two new works of original music: Extended Family and Right at Home.

The release of the recordings has marked a landmark in Hess' professional life. The locus of control is now geared more toward Hess, who has produced the compact discs himself with a budget that was unavailable to him in earlier recordings. According to Hess, the increase in the recent recording budgets can be directly attributed to his position as a jazz ensemble instructor, jazz theory and jazz history professor at Metro.

Having just assumed control over the direc­tion of a jazz career, which has the notorious

by Shannon Davidson -The Metropolitan

Metro Music Profes50!" Fred Hess enjoys playing the saxaphone and will be giving a jazz concert this Sunday in St. Cajetan's Center at 3pm. It is free to students and he wekomes alf to atttend.

lit reputation of relying heavily on the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," Hess now enjoys the freedom of creative expression that. a larger budget often allows.

Since he began teaching at Metro full time four years ago, Hess found the stability that his musical career needed. With his earnings as a tenured professor coupled with a sudden wind­fall of money, Hess has given himself the gift of complete creative direction in his most recent releases.

"It was always like the direction of my music was out of my hands," Hess said. ' 'Now

- .ir it's in mine, and that's fine."

Hess was originally a trombone player at the request of his mother, who disapproved of the saxophone, saying it sounded like a quaking duck. He switched to saxophone, his first love, while attending Trenton State College in New Jersey.

"l got the spark for jazz when I was 12," Hess said.

Through the 70s and 80s, Hess played the jazz clubs in New York City. He moved to Colorado in 1981 and began playing in both Denver and Boulder.

While working towards his doctorate at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Hess <level-

oped a reputation as a cutting edge performer with an eclectic streak and an interest in explor­ing the limits of both free form and formal jazz.

"I have a different approach than just writ­ing a tune," Hess said. " l write compositions, which is how to develop things from things. Melody is not really a consideration."

During his years playing gigs as a profes­sional jazz musician, Hess has founded of the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble, the Fred Hess Group and the Denver Creative Music Works Orchestra. He has also been a member of Ginger Baker's Jazz Quintet.

Hess has performed with Charlie Haden,

Murder and revenge await theater-goers by Jonelle Wilkinson Seitz

The Metropolitan

To Sophocles' Electra, the murder of her _. father by her mother and stepfather is a crime

that necessitates revenge. By the end of the play, the murderers are dead, leaving Electra to be finally free in body and mind. In the Community College of Denver Theatre's pro­duction, directed by Edward Osborn, Electra's euphoria lasts only a minute before she holds up her hands in anguish, as she realizes that her hands, like those of her mother and stepfather, are now stained with murder.

Until the 20th century, Electra was com­monly interpreted as a triumph of justice, or of good over evil. The modem view, however, is that Sophocles, a master of humanity, would not approved of such an ending as triumphant. Osborn's poignant ending is exemplary of the modem view of the play as a dark portrayal of blood passed from one hand to another.

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revenge on her mother and stepfather, who the yearly drama competitions at the Theatre of killed her father. For her, there is no other way; Dionysus, where Electra would have been per-she cannot or will not accept her situation as is. formed during the day in front of up to 20,000 She appeals to her sister, Chrysothemis, for audience members. The actors playing the main help, but Chrysothemis sees no need to stir up characters would have worn large masks, and the situation. Electra's only hope is that her the chorus would have assembled in front of brother, Orestes, who she sent away as a child them in a circular area known as the orchestra. for his own safety, will return to help her finish In CCD Theatre's production, the eight the deed. Eventually he does return, feigning Women of Mycenae, the chorus, convene in a his death to conceal his identity, and avenges his circle around Electra and the central action on father 's death. the stage, the shape suggestive of the orchestra

tangular, metal sculptures, suggesting a society in its early stages, yet advanced in its art and humanities.

Electra, played by Irish Jones, was no doubt truly mad. Abused and unable to think of anything but the injustice of her father's death, she is wrought with torment. As the women of the chorus try to console her, she accepts com­fort for only a moment, then violently pulls away. Jones' Electra makes it clear that her predicament is "a knot no one can untie."

Electra's distress is only j ustified by the characters of her mother, Clytemnestra, and stepfather, Aegisthus. Clytemnestra, played by Brooke Carder, is cruel and sarcastic toward her daughter. William Nickerson as Aegisthus is pure evil: serpentlike, he enters writhing, as if directly from the underworld. The pair, in gaudy robes and jewels, designed by Janetta Turner Pahel, makes a stark contrast with Electra in her dress of rags.

Electra's long-awaited brother, Orestes (Jeffrey Preiss), meets expectation in appear­ance as Electra's valiant savior. However, the length of time in which he dubiously sits and watches Electra wail over his death before he finally reveals his true identity suggests that he is lacking in either brains or sensitivity. Orestes' tutor, played by Barre Warshaw, pro­vides practical and comic relief from the heavy drama.

Electra continues at the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre in the King Center: Jan. 30 and 3 1, Feb. 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 for CCD students, $14 for everyone else. Call (303) 556-2296. Of the more than 120 plays that Sophocles of ancient Greek theater. In this production, the

wrote between 468 and 406 8.C., Electra is one members of the chorus, though still part of an of only seven that survive in their entirety. entity, interact individually with the main char­Eighteen of ~hocles'~,!aJ'.SMl~.f~~la'ie in. • aett'.rs. Seti"b)t'Dchllis.BQnt~ai'cuUiip~~ .-.... --.•,.t •,.•,t,....,-:t· .. ~-.,~-..· .. -.· .. ~v ••~Vt~--~·•

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Award committees have also taken notice of Hess' talents over his nearly 30-year career and he has received the Colorado Council on the Arts Composition Fellowship on two occa­sions, won first place in the inaugural Hennessey Jazz Search in Denver and the Julius Hemphill Award for Jazz Composition.

Unfortunately, even with such an impres­sive professional resume, Hess' financial situa­tion was rarely stable until his employment at Metro.

"When you're living gig to gig, it 's hard to make any kind of chunk of change," Hess said. "I have a salary now, which I didn't have before."

Love for the music itself has kept Hess playing after all these years, and he claims he still is learning new ways of playing his instru­ment. Hess pulls out his saxophone and prac­tices at least three hours of warm up exercises every night.

"When you play a wind instrument, you • have to play it every night," he said. " l've spent the last four years of my life practicing my ass

off." In terms of his career, Hess feels that he is

ready to move beyond his current situation and move on to play festivals gigs and more shows in New York City.

"lf I can get good press, I can parlay that to higher gigs," he said.

Hess will be playing with Ron Miles on trumpet, Ken Walker on bass guitar, Marc Sabatella on piano and Tim Sullivan on drums at the St. Cajetan's Center on the Auraria Campus on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 3 p.m. Admission will be free.

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In 1990, Ruderman, along with the then director of the counseling center, created the Peer Educator program. This program trains students as peer educators who work closely with the First Year program and act as a liai­son between students and professors.

"If students are having a problem, peer educators act as someone who can help," Ruderman said "The educators are someone students can feel comfortable talking to."

These educatoo also infO!Ill students about the various resources on campus.

"So many students pay student fees and don't use the services available to them," Rudaman said 'The counseling center, the writing center, advising, student development We encourage students to use these resources.,,

The First Year program, which relies heavily on a word-of-mouth campaign, remains relatively small

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Men's HooP-s from Scratch

by Eric Eames The Metropolitan

Every now and again something happens in this life that shakes Scott Well, Randy Smith and James E. Bryant's recollection. As their minds meander between the cobwebs and pixie dust, everything becomes still, real still.

''That they win national championships is out­standing," said Wells, 51, who played on the first Metro men's basketball teams. "It brings back fond memories."

Of course, Wells is talking about Metro's 2000 and 2002 National Division II men's basketball titles. Think of that and soon enough images of the past roll over each other, but the group is still not quite sure whether they're dreaming or remember­ing. Then, little by little, as they sat down for a summer lunch, they're reliving it- the smelly gym, the players and lengthy Dan Ken Ion hanging bis head out the passenger window during a relent­

less snowst01m with wind that hits you like shards of glass.

The memories only span a few years for Coach Bryant, but the retired kinesiology profes­sor from San Jose State University will always have a special place for Metro in his heart.

After Metro's first president Kenneth Phillips announced the adaptation of Roadrunner sports in 1969, Bryant, a 29-year-old assistant from the University of Missouri, was hired as the first offi­cial Metro men's basketball coach.

Bryant stayed in that capacity for three years well a~ working as ap. assistant PE professor. He

left the college in 1986 as professor and chair of the Human Performance Department.

Today, the 62-year-old Bryant is enjoying the fruits of his labor in sunny Contra, Calif. The par five, sixth hole at the Brentwood Golf Club is a good seven iron from his house, beckoning him for another round of what he calls an "ego deflat­ing game." For two days over Christmas break, though, Bryant's pride inflated as he admired the play and character of Metro's national champi­onship squad. Playing near his home, the Road~nners beat San Francisco State and Sonoma State on back-to-back nights Dec. 20-2 l with Bryant and his wife looking on.

This used to be his team. During the past summer, Bryant met with a

couple of his former players on those early teams, namely Mike Seeley, Smith, and Wells. Each still has a hard time not calling him by title.

"Coach Bryant was young back then, and not a lot older than those of us on the team," said Smith, 49, a Jefferson County Sheriff. "Even so, I looked to him as a mentor and friend. One thing about Coach Bryant: He truly cared about every­one on the team as a person as well as a player."

By 1969, man had walked on the moon, the Beatles were No. l on the music charts and, of minor note, the Metro men's basketball team came into existence. Eleven players walked on for the first season. Most had played for area high schools. There were guards Skip Gray {Arvada High), Norman Beddow {Hinkley High), John Fleming {Hinkley High), Phil La Cour (Chicago), Barry Willis (Adams City High) and Scott Wells.

Forwards: Frank Oliver (Adams City High), Jack Calkins (Cherry Creek High) and Art Maston (Arvada High). It was amateurism at its best. No scholarships were offered. ln return the players went against solid competition and practiced their jumpers at the old dark and depressing National Guard Armory downtown.

"We all adjusted to the tough conditions, sim­ply because we all had a basketball Jones," said Wells, who played off and on from 1969-1971. "The Armory was an old gym, with wood back­boards. The locker room was very small, with only two showerheads. Needless to say, the smell was pretty bad after practice."

After games, the aroma wasn't much better. The Roadrunners, going against taller, recruited players, put up a goose egg, a 0-25 record during their first season playing as an independent team in the National Association of lntercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Twenty of the losses were by double-digits. The Roadrunners closest scent of victory came in a 92-86 loss to Black Hills State in the school's first game on Nov. 24, 1969. By Christmas break, Bryant was down to five p layers, losing six to either injury or academic ineligibility. Seeley (St. Francis High), who became captain, and Bill Janda (Aurora High) were some of the top players that reinforced the depleted squad.

Calkins and Janda (who died in a motorcycle accident in the spring of 1970) averaged 14. 1 and 13.8 points, respectively, in that first year. Oliver, meanwhile, scored a record-high 40 points in a

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Fort Hays State 72-60

Women's Hoops beats Fort Hays State 76-62

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Nebraska-Kearney 80-64

Women's Hoops lost to Nebraska-Kearney 73-60

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seven-point loss to New Mexico Highlands. Bryant was most impressed, though, with Seeley, a freshman

point guard with excellent playmaking ability. On top of averaging nearly 10 points a game, Seeley was married with a child and worked full time at a bank. Today, Bryant said Seeley is the president of his O\'ill commercial reality firm and a member of Metro's alum­ni board. Calls to Seeley by The Metropolitan were not returned.

Still a stepchild on the college sporting scene, Metro didn't have its own home floor, forcing the Roadrunners to play at George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Arvada high schools, depending on what court was available at game time.

For the 1970-71 season, Bryant brought in several lengthy fresh­men, including 6-foot-8 Kenlon, 6-6 Jim Crawford and 6-5 Willie Stewart. He also brought in three 6-2 players in Ron Rose and Dan Peavler.

"These freshman had limited experience," Bryant said. "Some were considered as just a fifth or sixth man in high school."

Seeley, Oliver, Gray, Fleming, Calkins and Wells rounded out the rest of the team that once again ended the season searching for its first win. At times it seemed like they had buzzard's luck. Nothing would die and they couldn't kill anything. They went 0-23. What really got under Bryant's skin was the lack of support. Hardly any­one amongst the student and faculty population had really cottoned to the idea of college basketball or sports. Students petitioned against Metro athletics, claiming it was too expensive to support.

'"The tone was that athletics was a secondary thing to an aca­demic education, and that there would be little budgetary support for (sport) ventures," Bryant said. "The average age of the student was 27, and they were more interested in getting a degree than a winning basketball team. There was really no support from the campus fac­ulty or administration."

No budgetary support was the perfect example of negative feed­back, and Bryant had to grudgingly accept the sad reality that the stepchild he'd parented wasn't going to grow without some moolah. So he made the best of what was dealt. On the road, the Roadrunners were left to use state cars and often had to sleep in them, because there wasn't enough money to stay at a hotel. One time, this travel­ing predicament left them in a precarious position.

After a two-day, two-game series against Adams State in Alamosa during the 1971-72 season, and with no money to stay overnight in a hotel, Metro drove back Saturday in the dark with a snowstorm; strong wind gusts hurling the whiteness into a howling, blinding rage. The weathermen called for temperatures with the wind-chill factor to reach 46 below. Bryant clutched the steering wheel tight and put his trust in his tallest player.

"It got so bad that I could not see through the wind shield," Bryant recalled. "We drove over Wolf Creek Pass with my 6-8 cen­ter Dan Kenlon hanging his head out of the window giving me direc-

by Joshua Buck - The Metropolitan

Their playing days at Metro led both Scott Wells, right, and Randy Smith to the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department. Wells played on the first Metro basketball team for half a season in 1969-70 and again in 1970-71. Smith played during the 1971-72 season.

tions like 'Back left coach,' 'You are too close to the rail,' 'Go slow­er coach, I can't see right now.'

"Needless to say, that was stupid, but we did it and we survived." But Americans don't want to hear about the labor pains, they just

want a victory. Finally, after 56 straight losses, Metro got its first against Colorado College 110-92. Then they won another one 114-

71 against Rockmont College (now Colorado Christian College).­Metro won its third game in a row, beating Colorado College again 85-72. In a small Rocky Mountain News article, Stewart and Smith were credited for controlling the boards. The team finished with a 5-17 record.

The Roadrunners' offense that year was geared around Larry Risk , who averaged 20.9 points in 1970-71. The following season, Risk averaged 25.1 points, while shooting 93 percent from the free­throw line and was named NAlA Regional All-American. ln confer­ence play, he averaged 29.9 points. He also broke Oliver's single--· game point total by scoring 42 points on 15 field goals. (Neither Risk's or Oliver's achievement is listed in Metro's basketball media guide). And get this, Bryant said half of Risk's shots came from behind today's three-point line. The 19-feet 6-inch line didn't exist in college basketball at the time.

"From a basketball standpoint, Larry Risk was Metro's first true great basketball player," Bryant said. "He could have played any where in the country as a shooting guard and been successful."

By the end of the third year, though, Bryant was taxed emotion- -ally and mentally. Every night, hours after the game, he'd lie in bed grinding his teeth, while the game played through his mind. He might start out by blaming the referees, but ultimately he put the onus on himself. He decided to escape the sidelines.

"I suspect l could have stayed on as coach for several years, and I think, perhaps, that my teams might have eventually started to win more games than they lost," Bryant said. "I was an assistant profes­sor in the process of being tenured and promoted to associate pro­fessor, and frankly I determined that I could make a more positive contribution to students by devoting all my time to teaching."

"Coach Bryant was an excellent coach," Wells said. "He didn't have much to work with. He took the losing hard. Harder than he should have in my view."

By the time Bryant quit in 1972, the Beatles had broken up and Alan Shepard was playing golf on the moon.

Some things never changed, though. Metro basketball was then and still is a well-kept secret across the nation, but that doesn't mean the past should be forgotten.

"Present day successes need to not lose sight of the begin­nings," Bryant said. "From the really very limited winning success of the first three years, through a brief time when basketball was eliminated, to present day is a quite a story, and Metro basketball fans need to see the whole picture. I think it helps present day suc­cesses look even more grandiose."

Indeed it does, and, in a sense, the players and coaches from the past are still a part of the team, a team now with two national titles to its name and no longer a stepchild.

"Whether or not you got to play in a championship game, those were your guys out there," Smith said. "You might not be a part of the team now, but you were once and so you're a lifelong Roadrunner."

Metro can't unglue highly ranked Lopers at home

by Eric Eames The Metropolitan

If William Shakespeare can get away with comparing life to a stage, maybe it's not too outlandish to believe that part of the play takes place on the basketball court.

After all, on the court, every one has a defined role. Lester Strong, though, has had to render his cameo explosions around the hoop to the bench, because the referees disagree with his aggressive nature.

There was no evidence of basketball ballet in Metro's 72-60 defeat ofFort Hays State Jan. 25,just disciplined, hard nose play. The victory left the Roadrunners with a 14-3 (7-2 RMAC) record and brighter prospects in a season-long search for a team identity. This came after Nebraska-Kearney cast plenty of funk over the Auraria Events Center by discarding Metro iri an 80-64 win Jan. 23. It was the fourth time the Lopers have beaten the Roadrunners in the last 15 games the two have squared off.

"We just didn't stick to the plan," Strong said. "We didn' t stick to our discipline and the stuff we did in practice. We went off track and we just started doing things that we shouldn't have been doing and we knew we had to make that up (against Fort Hays)."

After the loss to fifth-ranked Kearney (16-0; 9-0), media prog­nosticators announced the passing of the torch in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. But head coach Mike Dunlap was quick to remember that Kearney beat Metro at home last year, only for the Roadrunners to come back and defeat the Lopers in the regional semi­finals on their way to a second Division 11 National title.

'They have an ax to grind against our program, which I totally understand and is good for us," Dunlap said. "But this is not life-threatening. We will take the lessons and get right back to work"

The only remaining undefeated squad in Division II, the Lopers are off to their best start ever with a solid cast of juniors and seniors, who have grown up in the program, including pre­season All-American Nick Svehla, who toasted Metro for 22 points and 10 rebounds. But no one had pictured the game unfolding the way it did After Luke Kendall drained a three to move Metro within three, the Lepers went on a 15-0 run to take a 32-14 lead. It was too much to overcome.

"Once we got down it was an uphill battle, and they are too good a team to play like that," point guard Clayton Smith said.

Metro's own preseason All-American mentions, Kendall and senior Patrick Mutombo, struggled to get decent looks at the rim against Kearney's suffocating defense. Kendall led the Roadrunners with I 9 points on 8-of-18 shooting. Mutombo scored 13, shooting 5-of-13 from the field. Dunlap felt Kendall and Mutombo were rushing and trying to do too much.

Against Fort Hays (14-3; 6-3), the scoring linchpins let the game come to them. Mutombo led all scorers with 23 points and Kendall added 22.

Strong, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound center, was most noticeable, though. The junior scored 17 points and grabbed I I rebounds, including five offensive, in the win against the Tigers. Strong

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by Danny Holland - The Metropolitan

Sophomore Mark Worthington flies through the air attempting a layup in Metro's 80-64 home loss to Nebraska-Kearney Jan. 23.

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Wotnen ballers exploit top D Metro breaks down Hays after loss to Nebraska-Kearney

by Eric Eames The Metropolitan

If Natasha Molock doesn't win Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Week, someone has an oar out of water. At least that is one man's opinion.

After watching the junior guard tum in two stellar all-around

Natasha Molock

performances, including a team p iggy-back ride in the first half against Fort Hays State, Metro women's head basketball coach Dave Murphy doesn't see any player more deserv­ing.

"If she doesn't get player-of-the-week," Murphy said, "there is something wrong."

In a 73-60 loss to Nebraska-Kearney Jan. 23, Molock scored a team-high 14 points to go with seven steals. She followed that per­formance two days later with 20 points, six steals and six rebounds in a 76-62 win against

Fort Hays, a victory that kept the Roadrunners over the watermark with a 9-8 (6-3 RMAC) record. With games against Regis University ( 12-5; 7-2) and Chadron State (8-9; 5-4) forthcoming, the battle for the final RMAC playoff spot rests on every game.

"Our team has a lot of ups and downs," senior Malene Lindholm said. "This season we've shown that once we get on a winning streak we can be really good. We had a couple of bad losses that we should­n't have, but that's good, because then you play harder, you play smarter .... From here on it is very important that we just take over the rest of the games and try to win them all. [ think we can definitely do it. We've shown that when we play up to our potential, we are dangerous and can beat any team in the conference."

driving inside and kicking the ball out Molock started the scoring with a downy-soft 15-foot jumper, then went on to school Fort Hays for 17 lirst half points and five steals; each steal was a prelude to a layup for Metro.

"She took the whole team and put them on her back," Murphy said. "She single-handedly said, 'Coach I'm going to carry us in the first ha! f.' "

Audaciously, Molock sparks the Roadrunners with intense pressure defense-flying around, creating havoc, always stabbing at the ball. The 5-foot-5 Molock is averag­ing more than four steals a game, good enough to be recog­nized as~ top defender in the RMAC.

"She just strikes fear into the opponent's guards because they never know when she is going to pick their pocket," Murphy added. "What a treat she is offensively and defensively."

Defense led to turnovers and easy points in the second half against Fort Hays. The Roadrunners scored 18 points off 11 Tiger turnovers to take command. However, playing the full 40 minutes was something Metro fai led to do against Kearney (14-3; 9-0), the only team with a unbroken conference record. After building an eight-point led in the first eight minutes against the Lopers, Metro went into half­time hanging on to a 33-31 lead.

"We missed several opportunities to be up by 10 or 12 and put them in a hole," Murphy said.

The Roadrunners came out flat in the second halt: quickly losing the lead three minutes into it on the fifth three of the day from Loper sophomore Taryn Ninemire, who scored 19 points. Kearney's lead mushroomed to 20 points, as the Roadrunners never regained their first-half energy. Mostly, Metro had no answer for the inside presence of jun­ior Allison Kruger and freshman Kalee Modlin. Combined, they scored 38 points. The Roadrunners were outscored 32-12 in the paint.

"We knew we were going to have play pretty solid," Murphy said. "Our problem was, we played pretty solid for about 25 minutes."

It was a certainly a winnable game for Metro, who has already beaten Mesa State, last year's RMAC Champion.

Metro was able to exploit the 14th-best defense in the country in Fort Hays (11-4; 6-3), who regularly gives up a league-low 55.2 points a game. But Metro disproved the statistics.

The Roadrunners opened the court with feds to the high-post or

"We should have definitely won," said Lindholm, who combined to score 25 points during the past week. "They are a very beatable team, hopefully at Kearney (Feb. 27) we will beat them."

by Danny Holland -The Metropolitan Metro junior Kristin Hein attempts to score against the Lepers' Heather Steffen Jan. 23. The Roadrunners lost at home, 73-60.

New fitness center delayed Club-like workout room expected in April

by Rami Wilder The Metropolftan

on those who are using the current facilities. "No classes will be disrupted, and weights and exercise equip­

ment will not be affected during construction," Price said. "Other spaces are being set up for aerobics classes."

Classes may not be affected, but the design changes have impacted those involved in the project. Jill Carlston, designer/plan­ner for AHEC, has been unable to finalize her plans because of the recent changes. Still , she appreciates the effort taken to make sure the final product meets everyone's needs.

"(Price) has done a good job getting the pieces together and real-Last-minute design changes have delayed the opening of the ly knows what the students are looking for," Carlston said.

new Auraria campus fitness center. Students have been involved in this project from the initial plan-The new fitness center, which will feature new equipment and ning stages that began over a year ago. Now, they are eager to see

televisions, was supposed to open when classes began for the spring this project completed. semester, but now may not open unti l April. A brand-new "When I came back a week before (classes started), I saw no audio/video system is being added to enhance the overall design, and work had been done. I was told there had been changes," said Sean construction will begin moving ahead after the changes have been Jenson, the SACAB representative for the University of Colorado at incorporated into the overall plans. Tony Price, director of campus Denver. "1 just want to make sure it gets done. It's been quite a recreation, believes that the changes will be worth waiting for. while."

"Originally, we anticipated that we would be finished by now," Jenson is unsure how the changes will affect students but knows Price said. "But after talking with other colleagues, we decided the that they are upset about the delays. benefits associated with adding a full audio/visual system was well "It was a big deal to a lot of students I talked to," Jensen added. worth the costs and will further add to the health club environment "They were looking forward to a decent fi tness faci lity." of the new gym." The largest impact to students will be during the estimated six-

The new gym will be more spacious and club-like, with students week construction project when gym space will be limited. During able to watch television while running on a treadmill or listening to special events in the main gym, auxiliary gym space will not be music through headphones. available for use. Currently, the racquetball courts are being con-

According to Price, $255,000 has been approved by the Student verted into a multipurpose room that will be available until con-Adivosory Commitee to the Auraria Board to fund the project. This struction begins. This will be the eventual site for the new fitness money comes from the Auraria Bond Fee that is paid by all students center. at registration. The addition of the audio/visual equipment will cost Once complete, the equipment from the old fitness center will be approximately $9,000 plus construction costs. The money for these moved into the new location along with recently purchased items, changes will be coming from the department of campus recreation including I 0 upright fitness cycles, three new treadmills and an ellip-that is funded by fees paid by students at all three Auraria campus tical trainer. For now, the equipment will have to remain in storage schools. until designs are finalized and construction can be completed.

Construction of the new fitness center will take place while "It's been a bit frustrating, but I think in the long run the changes classes are in session, but Price said it should not have a huge itm>act . we made are really going to benefit CJUr users," Price said.

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put back or tapped in misguided shots and got the crowd revved with a couple of high-flying dunks, one on an al ley-oop from Smith, who recorded 11 assists.

Strong was disciplined, too, playing 32 minutes, 12 above his season average. Against Kearney, he fouled out for the sixth time this season, after only playing 20 minutes, and the Roadrunners are not as effective on the glass without his pres­ence. The Lopers won the board battle 33-27, which doesn' t look I ike much of a difference, but consider Metro averages a league­low 19.7 defensive rebounds a game.

"That has more to do with me than Lester, in terms of strat­egy," Dunlap admitted, adding that Metro's pressure defensive often leaves Strong vulnerable. "[t's hard to get 11 boards in 17 minutes, but ifhe can stay in the game 30-to-31 minutes, then he has that kind of impact. A lot of that has to with just trying to pro­tect him and not let him get into foul trouble. [f that means we don't press as much, I'll give the press away to keep him in the game."

While the Roadrunners learned a lot of lessons this past week, one being confidence feels better when you win, Dunlap, a two-time national coach of the year, has learned the most.

"Whether you win or lose, you can take those as how to coach your team and the adjustments are ongoing throughout the year," he said. "Like last year, I learned some things at the very end on what to do with that personnel. (This year) I'm just fig­uring our team out, with the eight new players. It's like a chess game. There are certain things that you don't want to do that will lead to what you should be doing. And it takes me an incredibly long time to learn how to coach each team."

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by Donald Smith The Metropolitan

If the saying "defense wins championships" rings true. then it is easy to see why the No. 4 Metro women's soccer team enjoyed its best sea­son ever, not to mention the records that fell.

Amy Leich liter

Now at the end of her first season, freshman goal­keeper Mandy Allen has already cemented herself in the books as one of the best keepers in school history. She is No. 1 with a goals­against average of 0.52 and recorded the most individ­ual shutouts in a single sea­son with 12. Overall, Allen is tied for third in career shutouts and tied for fifth in goalie wins with 16. While

she didn't get what she wanted in a national title, Allen was able to gain recognition as the best goalie in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

"Vrrginia Beach was cool," Allen said, when asked about the Final Four at Virginia Beach, Va. "We didn't get the result we wanted, but we still played really well."

Although the accolades sound nice, Allen seems accustomed to receiving such high statue awards. At Stanley Lake High, Allen won two MVP honors, a first team All-Conference selection (2001-2002) and MetroNorth Newspaper All-

Region Team selection (2002). Coming to Metro, Allen was in a three-way

battle for the starting goalie job, with former jun­ior Danielle English and current freshman Beckee Flynn. But midway through the season, Allen started to take control of the minutes, and by play­offtim~, took over the starting role. In the playoffs, Allen, with the aid of the amazing defenders in front of her, held high scoring offenses Regis (0 goals), West Texas A&M (I), Central Oklahoma (0), University of California-Davis (0) and the eventual Division II National Champions Christian Brothers ( 1) to either slim or no goals. Head coach Danny Sanchez was asked about his decision that made Allen the team's starting net minder.

"Initially she was splitting time with our other goalkeeper Beckee Flynn and they were very even," Sanchez said. "Beckee got hurt at a game at Fort Lewis, and the next weekend we beat Regis and Southern Colorado here and (Allen) per­formed very well. Then we went out to Texas and she had a very good game against Central Oklahoma, who was the No. 1 team in the region at the time, and then really after that she kind of took a strangle-hold to the position and really did­n't let it go."

But with all this success in year one, will it mount to even greater pressure for next season?

"There'll be some pressure but not just on me but the entire team," Allen said. "Every team is a different team so we'll just have to see what hap­pens [next season]."

Allen said she will focus more on ball distri­bution next season, while trying to improve every part of her game.

Leichliter Scores Away On the other hand, defense is only as good as

the lead it is called upon to hold, and Amy Leichliter helped Allen gain many leads to protect.

Leichliter, also a freshman, came into the sea-

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son not really knowing how she would be used, but it wouldn't take very long for her stats to inquire how she should be used. She broke loose early in the season knocking home three goa ls in the Montana State-Billings Tournament. The forward was one of the offen­sive sparks that started the " Road Warriors" theme when Metro didn't lose a road game dur­ing September.

Leichliter also bad great timing. She scored a dramatic game-winning goal in the overtime period against Colorado Christian, giving the Roadrunners their first regular-season confer­ence title. Leichliter also put home the goal that sent the Roadrunners to the Final Four. Even though she couldn't extend her heroics against Christian Brothers in the Final Four, she said, "It was defmitely a gre.at experience, and it's one of our goals for next year (to go back to the Final Four). It is something to strive for again and hopefully next year we'll come out and at least get a chance to play for the National Championship."

With Leichliter's 20 goals, an RMAC best, she was only a few goals behind the all-time leader in school history for goals in a season, which is 23 by Bridgette Leisure.

This offseason, Leichliter plans on working on becoming a playmaker, racking up assists along with the goals.

"! think Amy came into preseason and we weren't really sure what to expect," Sanchez said. "But right out of the gate she was performing at a high level and really towards the end of the year was our go-to person, scoring a lot of big goals for us, was our leading goal scorer with 20 goals as a freshman, which is a tremendous accomplishment. But really from day one she had earned a starting spot and held onto it."

Truly, with numbers like these: 0.52 goals against average, 16 wins and 12 shutouts coming

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chances of returning back to the playoffs are heightened. But then you add four 2002 All­RMAC selections, a great defense, two additional top I 0 scoring threats in Melissa Miller and Joslyn Brough, and a Coach-of-the-Year in Sanchez, and Allen's duty could be simplified to play and play .1

well and Leichliter's to run, shoot and score. Next year's team should be as good or better,

but as far as elite freshmen earning a starting spot becoming a trend, Sanchez said that the 11 players producing will start and as far as the Roadrunner faithful are concerned, whatever 11 start, will win.

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Yoga: For Everyone 3 Classes Weekly. -Tuesdays 12:00-1 :00, 5 :00-6:00 Wednesdays 12:00-1 :00. Begins February 4. Located in Tivoli 444. Yoga helps to relieve built up stress.

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2003 State Chess Championships. - Tivoli Turnhalle. Approximately 500 participants, family members, and spectators will attend the event.

Feb.3

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20th Black World Conference Keynote:Dr. Oscar Joseph. - l O:OOam - 2: 15pm in Tivoli 320 ABC. .

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The Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Professorship Campus Lecture: Mr. Mannie Jackson - 9:00 - 10:30am at St. Francis Center

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Metro Homecoming Pep Rally. - 12:00pm Feb. 12, at flagpole.

Homecoming Game. - 5:00pm, Double Header at the Auraria Events Center.

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Institute nly: $ t 0 - Students, staff, faculcy $ l S - om\nunity members

African American Lesbian activist, crrganizer, poet, and spoken word artist

www.synthesisamsulting.net

Hosted by GLBTSS with the help of the Auraria Campus Community

For more information: visit www.lgbtqsummit.org, call (303) 556-6333, or e-mail info@lgbtqsummit.org.

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