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A Metso strdenrt interested in being a wdtein altemative for Shrdent Govemment Assembly president was told by Hection chair Richard Boimer that C".-ir&oit he would be allowed to use email, word of-mouth and handbills to ptomote himself before the election--a direct violation of the election laws written by Boetlner hirnself.

The Election Commission bylaws state hr Artirle II.D, SeclionC, Clausc.r: "Write in candidacv is considered to be an altemative choice of a voter and is secret as dre voaing procedure -c"trdidat"t itself is secrec Therefore, write-in shall not campaign at all. If any write in candidate is found to be campaigning, they will b (sic) immediably disqualiffed from dre election."

"Richad told me that I could use quarter+age handbills," said the sbrdent B&torer also informed the surdent drat surdenb, otherwise uninvolved in the election process,who wished to campaigrr on his behalf would be welcome to do so.

In a meeting ,nith TLc Mctropolitan, Boettner reiterated his position on the ag Fopriate campaign practices of the write-in candidate.

However, when presidential candidate Aaron "Iack" Wvlie approached Boether to ask iI h; could have surdene help him witlr his campaircr, -hatWylie said he was told that he e other studenb help him to could nbt hane llyers or chalk sidewalks. itto" is nothing in the bylaws o back Fesponseto WYlie.

Boethrer's uo ' Interim SGA'hesident Dennis Bergquist concem over the sihration. expressed "I wlll put an end to this .tomorrow," Bergquist said Ocr 18.

When informed of the nrisinformalion that had been passed to htn, the write-in surdent said he iould not violate the bylaws even though he had been given permission to do so.

He said he plans on talking to his friends and fellow students to get his na,rre out atrd "hopes thar the shrdent body catcheson." i)ue to the nahre of the story, the name of the write-in student has been omitted to ensure the validlty of the election process.

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beost Beouty ondthebusiness Skin theropist Jenelise Pulliom, o Meho student, shnds in her new business,Solon Instrukt,which she opened on Oct. 4. Pulliomhod to drop her co;rses this semesterio focuson her beouty solon,but plons to re-enrollnext semesbr.

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"Oser the long run, there is no way we can con.tinueto bring good, higlt-skilled,ltiglt-wage

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With several tattoos covering her arms, ears and upper bodn Jenelise Pulliam, 30, doesn't look like the next face of a new beauty carnpaigrr for women in Denver.

But she is.

Opening her own beauty salorl Salon Insrukt, she hopes to clean the idea of worrr en's beauty issuesone shampoo and haircut al a time.

Pulliam was a strrdent at Metro taking business management, English, French and biology, which is her major. She had to drop her classesthis semesterin order to get her business up and running, which has proven to be more work than she thoughr She hopes to be back next spring to continue classesand eventually get a bachelor's degree in nursing, so she can do more clinica] skincare at her new salon.

"School is on hold for right now because this is a harrowing process. It's been an ordeal. I'm hoping that they'll undentand that I'm a straight-A student and this is just a terrible time for me," she said.

The name of her salon was based on the realization that women are inundated with wrong ideas and negative messagesfrom magazines and their friends. Her desigp is to trarxform the typical salon dient frorn helpless to independent regarding a beauty routine to follow after the appoinbnenL This design is becoming a reality.

Salon Instrukt will ofier workshops that teach women the basics of hair and skin care. The salon will even print howto guides that will help their customersafter they leave

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"It's really hard to get clients to follow up with after-care and to take that reliance off of me as their skin therapisL I don't want to hold my knowledge hostage," she said.

Pulliam said she wants to teach women how to have an acfive role in their image and to be able to qpend ffve minutes a day taking care of themselvesat home.

She attracg most of her cllents by wordoflmouth. Pulliam does admit that when someone walks in to meet her for the first time, they are taken aback by the artwork on her body and the big spiral earrings dangling fiom each earlobe. But she quickly wins them over with her soft*poken voice, her friendliness and her devout belief in outstanding customer service. "I can alwap tell the clients that were referred to me, and no one told them (about her unique look), but it only takes me a couple of rninutes to get them going and feel OK and then it be comesa non-issue.'

Pulliam wasn't always a woman with a distinct business plan. She said she felt trapped by never living anyarhere but Denver. So. in 1999,she broke free from home to discover what else was out there. She said

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policy'brew'ho New need oftcial approval for all evenB, regardless of the size or arnount spenL Money generated by shrdent organizations for their groups must be deposited with Metro, Bergquist said. That money must now have executive approval for all frrnctions, which was not the case prior to the changes.

'If your group wanted to have a pina By llol'd Fletcher at their meeting, they would need an official .fletchar@mscd.edu signoff ' Bergquist said.

Bergquist said it might force some stuStudent organDations fear recent chang' dent organizations to not deposit their mones in the oftcial function policy at Metro with Metro, bu! rather, open private, ey may have unintended effects.

The new policy defines an official func- multiplesignahre accounb, which, techniis not allowed by the school bylaws. tion as an event for official businesspurposes cally, 'They might be seting up a scenario sponsored by Metro personnel that includes food and,/or alcohol of any kind, and states where these groups take matters into their that all official eventsmust have pre-approv- own hands," Bergquist said.

Bul according to Lucas, Karen Rafortlr. al of the appropriate executive such as the VP of shrdent services, brought up interim college dean, vicepresident or presidenl iszueswith the new poliry such as potential According to Cathy Lucas, Meho spokeswoman, the policy passed after going to a shrdent-organizationqpending. 'this is where we vent "Dt Jordan said vote in the Sept. 12 presidenCscabinet meeteverydring,'" l,ucas said, referring to the ca.bing, with student representation presenl Dennis Bergquis! Meho's interim stu- inet meeting. "He wanb all issues brought dent presiden! said the changeshave creat- to the table during discussion so we don't ed a situation where groupgenerated funds POLICY on 7

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By Brad Riggin rigginb@mscd.edu Colorado is ooised to be d1efust state in the nati.on to losL ie public rystem of higher education if voten do not act now, according to Speaker of the House Andrew Romaloff.

State Rep. Romanoff, D-Denveq and State Sen. Shawn Mirchelt R-Broomfield, squared off during the second debate on camDus over Referendums C and D, Ocr 17 in the Tivoli Tumhalle.

Colorado needs a highlyskilled workforce to alhact new iobs to the state and boost the economy, said Romanoff, one of the architecb of the referendums.

"Over the long nrn, there is no way we can continue to bring good, high*killed high+r,agejob,s to this state unless we educate our own kids." Romanoff said, "I think

that rescuing institutions like Meko and the rest of our higher education systemfrom the brink of extinction is probably the most importart economic development shategy that Colorado can pursue."

Mitchell told the audience of around 75 sudents and facultv that tuition in Colorado is a bargain cotnpared to what shrdents are paFng in other states.

"Some of us are going to have to pay more for college, but we are not going to lose our higher education q.sterq" Mitchell said.

He said the stale needs to deal with higher-education cosb-which have risen hster than the rate of inllation over the past two generations-instead of throwing more money at the problem and adding fuel to the ffre.

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Bv N'IattQuane mquane@mscd.edu Members oI Tlw Metroplilaz sta.ff sat down Oct 14 with Surdent Govemment Assembly special election presidential candidatâ‚Źs 6ayet Hadi and Aaion Jack" Wylie to discusstheir hopes and intentions for the upcoming campaign.

Both Hadi and Wylie said they want to build telationships between the SGA and the Metro student body and fault the current SGA for not doing enough to foster an environment open - *The biggest dfng is to build a relationship with the surdenb," Wylie said. He also said he wants to build community through beter methods and any mears possible.

"It's unreasonable to expect the studenb of this school with their jobs and families, to ffnd out someone's office hours. Th"y (ilt" SGA) need to get out of that office and get the shrdmb' attention " Wvlie said.

Wylie said Oratas president he would set weekly times to "go out to a crowded place and s6t up a boJh to talk to the stuilents and ask what their concerns are."

Hadi has other ideas as to how to build relationships.

"We need to create community within the SGA before we begin to create community between the shrdenb and the shrdent Hadi said. govemmenl" Hadi said he wants to move the SGA away from being micromanaged by the college adminisb:ation.

"Mv whole oolicv is to have the shrdent e6vemmeni *o.i. bv iself," Hadi said. proposing would lead to a com"Wtti t " the students." mr.nity between Wylie questions the validity of creating community within the SGA due to the large amount of inffghting that has been commonplace among MeEo shrdent govemment the past few years.

Wy$ said the problems stemmed from polar points of view and his ability to see grey space and create compromise beneffb his candidacy.

"It s about trying to put aside ideologies and come to a resolution," Wylie said. He said he zuppors difrerences of opinions on the SGA. Wylie considers himself to be a liberal and cites senatorial candidare Dan Head as a co(Bervalive he thinks will make a good leader and senator,not becauseof but intelligence. ooitical ' "fili"tion.conllict, as l6ng as it resuls "I welcome Wylie said. in progress," 'Hadi said he wishes to avoid as much conflict as possible. Especially between the shrdent govemment and the Metro adminisbaUon. 'The administration puts up hurdles and excuses that stoP shrdent government from doing anything," Hadi said.

Hadi said the idea of the SGA being rmder the thumb of the adminisaadon has to come to an end.

"Do not address us as lapdog lackeys," 'Can said Hadi. "We can't be asking people, you sign off on this?' every time we want to do soiething. We need to do it ourselves'" Hadi said he wishesthe executive branch of the SGA were set up like our federal executive branch, with one president giving orders oohis cabinel Right now, he said" "There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians'" which can acrotmt for a lot of the i"ffSU"S and do nothingness plaguing the SGA In 2002. Hadi served as vice president of shrdmt services and strdent fees under Brotha Seku and said he is proud of the job he did and also of what Seku did. 'flhe atrninistration) wanted to expel

Biology professor Rebecca Ferrell has been awarded a $lQl20 research grant from the Lindbergh Foundation to study the impact of resort sewageE/stemsin Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on the ocean and ib eco wstem. ' Together with Todd Bergreq director of the biotechnolory program at Community College of Aurorq Ferrell received the grant for the projec! "hotecting the Earth's Oceans by Improving Vacarion Resort Sewage Sptems with a Qgick Start Nitrification System in the Existing Wedands of Quintana Roo," Ferrell sals the grant will enable her sbrdenb to gain handson research exPerience while helping to address the environmental 'oroblems in the area The gran! one of eight awarded bY the Lindbergh Foundation so far this year, was chosen from 169 applicanb around the world' - @Metro

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Aoronlock" condidotes speciolelectionpresidentiol Assembly SludentGovernment speokwith stoffmembers.ofTheMetropolitonduringo Wyhe (rop)ond InoyelHodi 'l4.

Compolgningfor theelectionis ongoingond voting inlerviewOct. ,ornd-tobie will be oble to vole throughMefoConwill toke ploce Ocl. 24-30. Mefro students nect.Thosefomiliorwith lostyeor! systemwill find thisyeor! bolloilngto be similor.

(Seku) because he wanted to create a sense of community." said Hadi.

Hadi saici he admires and respectsSeku for upholding the constitufion. *The new consti[rtion needs a person who realLes that the ffrst year is important" Hadi said. "I ffrnrly believe in myself, that what I say, what I do, that when I'm elected I will be able to do the things I have said.'

Both candidates agreed that shrdent rep resentation and involvement is what Metro and the SGA need in order to flourish.

"We're all here for the same thing," Wylie said.

IO VOTE HOW All voting &uing the specialelection rvill be conductedonline through N{etroC,omect Snrdentsrvill be ableto voteby loggingin to l\IetroConnectand accessingtheir Regisuation8annerWbb servicetab.Links rvill be madeavailableby the IT Departmenton O*24.

STIIAIE THTSTUDEIIT For its fust yean,the l'Ietm Shrdent GoremmentAsse.nfilySerratervill havea frrll complernentof setntors.

The four elerted last Spring will be joinecl by 11 othercn.ho are all nurrrirrgutcotrlesteddrisele<tion.

The senatomon this ballot u'ill lrc: r Akcduchie.rneKenclrickOdifirfiglnrne . Krfi\\'hite t GaryE. l,efinarur o DanielleKimKelly o Daniel PatrickAddisonllead r JoshuaJanresHolle o GabrielR.N.Romenr r CortlandDr-uur ' RyenC. Schimerman . DanaVanessa .

Allen r Jamie"Jondan"Lee Bair

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Those groups are: penons 65 years or older, those who live or work in a medical facility, penons between 2 and 24 years old with higher-risk medical conditons, preSnant women in second and third trimesters, household contacts and out-of-home caregiven of drildren less than 6 months old, and oersons who care for individuals with highir*isk medical conditions.

Higher*isk medical conditions indude hear! lung and kidney disease,personswho are immunccomPromised and those with metabolic and blood disorders.

The Health Center at Aurada will be providing flu shots to students, faculty and staff who meet the high dsk criteria from 10:30a-m. !o l:30 p.m., OcL 20, in the Plaza Building corridor near the Center.

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donotions seeks Compoign foculry stoff Metro from Metro has always generously supported the Colorado Combined Campaign, an organization that provides Colorado statâ&#x201A;Ź employeeswith a convenient method of making donations to one or more of 600 charities.

This year's CCC campaign is being n:n by the Classified Sta.ff Council, whose memben hope for record participarion by the Meto comntmity. Council hesident Vonda Knox is asking faculty and staff to give carefirl consideration 0omaking a donation this year.

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oLessons learned C&Do Talkingout bothsides SAL0J{ There was a mixed reaction from students who attended the debate.

John Reynolds, a Metro senior, carne "Somebody needs to do something to into the debate with a neuFal stand on the pressure the institutions to stop raising thet spending so much more every yea.r, pour- referendums, but left leaning toward op ing taxpayers' dollars into that ffre," Mitch- posing the measures.

"I am opposed to big govemrnent and I ell said. trust future government to handle my don't Cutting insdhrtional spending is not a monen" Reynolds said. to the in higher solution funding shortage He said the possibility of a hrition ineducation because certain costs involved with running the instihrtions are rising too crease concemed him, but elimination of tax refirnds and credib would hurt him just fast, Romanoff said.

"The cosb of hearing this building and as much as a tuition increase.

"I arn the sole income provider for a paying for health care and the salaries of family of ffve and how I am taxed and what those that work here are rising too," Ro manoff said. "If public support (for C and tax breals I get weigh into to it also," ReyrD) erodes and the institutions still face the olds said. "I think the tax credits offset the challenge of increasing costs, the money is tuition increase."

UCD shrdent Norm Frazier said he felt going to have to come from somewhere.n ff passed, Referendum C would elimi- just as confused about the referendums nate the spending limits on state govem- upon leaving the debate as he did corning ment for ffve years. This would allow the in.

Frazier said he still does not have an legislature to spend $3.7 billion that would informed opiniorq but that the potential tunormaly be refunded to taxpayers. ition increases are a very impofiant issue ihe Referendum D would allow state to borrow $2,1 billion aga.inst the money for him.

"If we don't have state fi.rnding for colfrom Referendum C, which is earmarked that s a problem,n Frazier said. "Poor lege, for road and school construction. folla need a place to go to school, too."

Tax credib like the Eamed Income junior Metro Michael Mrrphy said the Tax Credit and the Child Care Tax Credit would be taken away if the referendums debate conffrrned his opposition to the refpass.The average taxpayer will lose around erendums.

"Backers of the referendums are asking $500 in tax refunds over ffve vears. for a large blank check to solve small probIf the referendums fall, tire legislature lerns,' Murphy said. will be forced to cut an estimated $400 mil'They are trying to deal with a small lion from the budge! with a large chunk of that likely coming from higher-education problem in a larger w-ay,"Mqphy said. "It's like trying to heat a hiccup with CPR." ftrodi"g.

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she Ieft in the hopes of ffnding whatever was missing in her life. She said she just wanted more. During this time, Pulliam leamed a lot about henelf and figrred out what she wanted to do with her life. She finally ur derstood lhat she was lost and was running away from herself, not Denver. So she made her way back home and changed her Iife arouno. ult was a hard lesson realizing that all of those cities didnt have the answersfor me; the answen were inside of me,' she said "I really focused on who I wanted to be as a person and I worked towards that' Gushing over the ffnishing touches of her new salon, Pulliam said that even though putting this businesstogether has been a difffcult joumey, she is happy with the ffnal

oroducL "It has definitelv been a personal rewarding experience. I'deffnitelf learned that I can't rely on my ideas of how people perceive me as being tsue. I think that people perceive me a certain way and I found out they don'!" she said, "and I've leamed a lot about communicating with others."

As for finally opening the doors of her new salon, Pulliam said she's overwhelmed with satisfaction over making her dream come true.

"This is something I'm really looking forward to and being able to call the shob," she said, "and provide my clienb widr what I want and giving Orem what I feel they deserve."

Salon Insrukt is located at 1407 Ogden SL For more information, call (303) &!l0266. or visit www,saloninsbuklcom.

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regret our decisions and have to change things."

Bergquist sap while he rememben Raforth bringing up potential issues, he does not remember Raforth talking about strdent organization spending, but that those were the $pe of issuesshe was referring to.

The new policy was created to shore up any issues that could arise with school spending, especially with strdent h-ri[ons rising every year, Bergquist said.

The new policy also redefines the policy regrding alcohol at school fimctions.

According to the new policy, the school does not authorize payment for alcohol with three exceptions: executiveapproved frrnctions where alcohol is soecificallv stated in the reques! when it is purchasei fot use in the Hospitality, Travel and Management Adminish.-ationcourses, and when purchased through the Meto Foundation.

The new policy encompassesall oftcial functi.ons, zuch as community*elated frrnctions, employee-recognition firnctions, offfcial parties, recruitnent firnctions, student fi.rnctiors and occasional lwrch meetings of employees and official guestsof the college.

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In the past week I have been opening my email anxiously seeking responsesto a colurnn I wrote a few weeks back about what you would ask God if you had the chance.

Day after day I opened up MeboConnecl clicked on my email icon, and was time and ag"aindisappointed in seeing an empty box before me.

No one is curious. No one wan6 ro share.

I understand that when it comes to God the zubject is touchy. People in almost every classhave asked me what kind of ouestions I received. This question was almost alwap followed by dre politically correc! "Do you tbink ifs right to ask people this question?" implying that not everyone believes in God. I know not everyone believes in God and that's fine with me. I am not here to impose my beliefs on people through the power of the print media. I was just pufiing out an opporhnity for shrdentsto sound off on this topic.

After a week of no responses I began conlemplating where wouldGod fit into-the life of a Meho student? Think about it? If God is seen as someone who makes thinqs go then is God responsible for everything In our lives? Does God make the lieht rail late every day? Is God responsibtefJr the dead cax bafiery when we are already late for class?Does God make us choose Taco Bell for lunch over a healthier Califomia Roll? ff God is in every facet of a Mebo student s Me then where are the questions? Plus, we are creaturesof two things: habit and curiosity. Even if you do not believe in a Higher Being there must be some questions that we inherendy ask. Where do we come from?

What happens when we die? But, alas, no resPonses. i aimosi.gave up on this when I opened up my mailbox and found a messagefrom Nancy Moore of the English departnent.

She had a question for God. She wrote.

'After I have leamed, experienced, and transformed as much as possible, will I have the chance to crea.tâ&#x201A;Ź a universe, too?" A most interesting question, and one I have been pondering since I heard this in my Myth, Symbol and Allusion class a couple of weeks ago. Do we become divine when we reach perfection or simply when we die?

Does reincarnation come into play? There a-remiuly auNwers.

She continued by uiting "I ffgure this hits life after death, the purpose of life, our own divinity and relalionship to God, what we are doing here, and if all is well or if we are a part of a plan gone terribly wrong."

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I watched a television show that was sponsored as an infomercial lafe night on Sunday on the Fox network called The Van-Impe report.

What do I mean by infomercial? They were kying to sell me on something. Not a new turkey roaster or knives that cut through pennies, but an idea: that I am a sinner, because I am not alarmed by the impending arrival of the Four Horsemen, and this sin will prevent me from enjolng an afterMe with my loved ones in the celestial paradise of Heaven.

Our dear President Bush spearheads the Christian right movement as a righteous path for our country to follow. My sin and lack of absolution bv'actrallv them is evil.

What does sin mean? Historically? "Sin" is derived from 0re original Lalin word "sinus,' which means to conceal

WitI all of this change going on in the world, I had to wonder if my favorite Christian $oup on campus, Chriitian Challenge, had changed their view on homosexuality.

So I took a moment to stop by and conveme with *rree wise men, who, every Tuesday and Wednesday, set up shop in thb food court of the Tivoli to talk up Christ.

I found it rather queer-as in weird-that the sigr above the iable, advertfing their services,read "LETS TALK" Great minds must think alike, because that was this year's theme for National GLBT Awareness Month.

As I see il there are two types of Chris tians: good ones and bad ones. You see, good Christiars-as in Christlike-live what they preach and, for the most part, run with the more loving and selflessGod. The bad Christians, however, are uzually hypocrites and chill with the ffreand-brimstone gang.

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or fold. I wonder now, how many millions of people are completely unaware of the concephral framework of the language they use to condemn? I dont feel threatened by this deffnition. I mean, wow. How many times has anyone heard that this or that is a sin? Abortibn a sin? kenarital sex-a sin, right?

To thern, the world is black and white.

Gustnan and Co. are teniffc hosts.They even provided treab for passersby. Therb was a handfirl of hard candy and mini chocolate bars, Mr. Goodbars and two kinds of Hershey's Chocolate: milk and dark While Gustnan and two shrdenb were discussingthe role of sex in a marriage (for the record, Gusbnan contended there is a pleasure aspect), I was Fansffxed with the chocolate bars.

I held them in my hands and compared ^Dark them side-by-side.iWk chocolate. chocolate. What's the difierence? Sure, perhaps the color of the wrappers was diflerenl Dark chocolate may be considered sweeter in taste. In the end, both, sure enougfr, are chocolate. Both are cocoa-based.And thev were both delivered from Perursylvania.

So, I posed dre quesfion to the Christians. After a few momenb of contemplation a strdent spoke up.

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This is a gra:/'world,whereideasare unclearand ambiguotts.

Our decision-makingispredicated on our abiliry tu aftempt clarity in a disillusioned landscape composedof ty"rannyby membersof a malority wlto don't evenunderstandtlte meaning of tlrc labels they attibute to all wlto are not like tltem.

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Sin, or lack thereof being the distinguishing characteristic of the shade. Sln is black Being absolved of sin, by being saved into their theocratic regime is white.

I'm sornr. but if the world were black and white, decision-making would be easy.

We wouldn't have disputes in the Middle East about desert real estate,the sociological ramifications of poverty, crime, racial prejudice, classsh:uggles,or anyt}ing else under the sun. Ethics wouldn't exisl This is a gray world, where ideas are unclear and ambig-uous.Our decision-making is predicated on our ability to attempt clarity in a disillusioned landscape composed of tyrarury by memben of a majority who don't even understand the meaning of the labels they attribute to all who are not like them. These differences are what creale the world in its diverse shades of gray ihat lly the speckum of the imagination.

According to the infomercial (calling it some kind of repod would imply that they were doing some sort of reporting), pedo philes and those who participate in oral sex are in the samegroup of "sinners."I believe they referred to oral sex acts as being sodomy, and related to besua.lityand rape.

They went on to list statisticsof American teenagerswho have already participated in oral sex outside the sacred halls of the marriage contractDon't you just love erhpty rhetoric?

Well, rnaybe those virginity pledges were effective. They weren't having "that kind' of sex.

Being interested in critical thinking, and disinterestedin jumping on the hell, ffre and brimstone judgrnent bandwagon; I watch, and listen to these Christian fi:ndamentalisiright programs and try to seewhat is so clear

to them, and what is entirely unclear to me.

I have seen them all: "The 700 Club," all of the cable ministry charurels, listened to positive and encouraging K-l,ove radio.

Even Rush Limbaugh is concealed in his ucompassionateconservative" radio show, and so is Ann Coulter, the rmabashed extreme right wing author of such books as, uHow to Talk to a Liberal, If You Must" where shevery strongly advocatesthe forced conversion of Islarnic people to Christianity, to be rid of terrorism. All I can come uD wit}r is that I don't see rhe world as being this simole.

I don't see the apocallpse as something I am afiaid of.

I don't want to stop people from having sex becausethey're not married---or because they're in homosexual relationships, for that maner.

I think virginity pledges are ridiculous, let's not indoctrinate and call it "education."

I don't take The Bible that literdly-let's never underestimate a good metaphor.

I believe in the seoaration of church and state-which, let's face i! is becoming a blurry line these days, with the a.rgument by design replacing creationism. This isn't science,people!

I don't think a religion creates temorist sociopaths-peopledo.

I don't think the govemment should tell me what to do with my body because it's mine and not thein.

I don't disguise hatred of divenity with " "snirihralitv, 'I doni believe evil can be deffned in one act, but in a chain of acts,perhaps.

I don't want to legislate morality.

I want to remain unconcealed and r:nsold on the gospel of ignorance and depraved indifference to what is actually ethical.

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My litde sister's boy*iend, Troy Cobb, twirled my 4yearold niece aror:nd and amund in the air, holding her in his arms, stopping when they were both dtzy and stading again and again at her shrill, ecstatic, and seemingly never<nding request lor *More spinning!'

I watched him twirl her in the light of the late day sun. Her face hrmed up to the sky.

His strong arms holding her safe against his chesl Her ffne baby hair flying out behind her. His laugb of fake exasperation. It was the pichre of absolute happiness, fleeting

and rare and shockingly beautlfuI. Her life is a dark mirror image. Her Me as she once knew it is away as her parents are getting a divorce after years of misery and kying to work things ouc And the worst thing is to not be able to do anything about i! to not be able to help things go back to the way they were before everything went bad, and to not be able to comfort her as her baby-girl mind ties to deal with this life-changing event All I can do is by to give her more me ments like this.

Vouclterd,ebatedrawn at aisle I was happy to receive, by ernail last week, the first wriften responsemy column has provoked-Som one of Metro's trustee& no les. The rustee, Alex Cranberg, also sib bn the board of directon for the Alliance for School Choicg an Arizona-based organization that oromotes school voucher initiatives.

Cran6erg begins his email with quasipraise, referring o my Sept. 29 column on creationism and calling the point I raise "im-

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of mv ideas.Insteadof actuall_v respondingto the column, c*nu"tg ;", it'* - lyri ;; his school r.'juche, A;"J;.":.;t promote ^ Voucher programs call il.'p"Uril nt"a, t be used in nti-J-g ,hr-d""b ;;;;;J"i ;t";rp tentimesreligious "i"."t.".-ri,.r" port the idea"refere".. tfr" Aqpr.q, U;hr".'. poor and .i.tr p"opl"b oppo.t ri-titL.. Vorr.h"i, *rt"y-.rt"J,r."iottJ *trla iit"a" 'poor crrildren more ,ia"."6'o-,-,J "q"fiq,. id"r a-.rt on the r".ru"", o" seemslike a good one """.rr* Wh;- ;"JJ.pd; such a democratic noUon as ;6,..#;;;

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.IOH\ Kt ERI-F,R j/tucble{Utr<r1.ulu by religious fervor, I don't believe it's :;ared that carpenter from Galilee, but our one g.ue God that inspires them: God Money' Puplic ^educationhas long been a thom in ., the side of conservaliveswho wish 9 phase an)' fr'rnded institution pesides :ut d- q'lPullidy smacksof socialism--efeY -tt'* F: from Medlcaid to Social S,ecurifv'They !18 argue tha.t*ithout the threat of competition, bureaucrac,vis inevitable' Notice, houe'"'er' that consen'atives are - , intercstedin competition rvhen only F"y th' q"ryot1qol' are mt ttet rnaking"ld

C&D needed for ourfuture In a decade not so long ago, a de cade commonly known as "The '90s," the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights was imposed in the state of Colorado. This constihrtional amendment reshicted state funding and govemment expaJNion.

This seemingly good gesture ended up being the arch-nemesis of public higher education. Maior cutbacks were initiated.

In the years 200t through 2005 alone, state spending on higher education decreased a su.ffocating21.3 percenL Now, as our class sizesswell, schoolshave not been able to hire enough full-time professors to accommodate. As schools strugle to earn money, corporations of all faces lurk in &e shadows ready to pounce on any opportunity to slap their logos on diplomas and send their CEOs to the president'soffice.

Now, to fight the ratchet TABOR imposed on our stateand to remove the lead weights from our beloved insututions, lhe skangest coa.lition to date has formed. To the right, rve have Republican heavpreight and chair of Meto's Board of Truslees Bruce Benson and Govemor Bill Owens ready for trattle. Frorn the left" Senator Andrew Romanoff and former gubematorial candidate Rutt Bridges are advancing with smooth Ninia action spreading the good word of Referendums C and D on the ballot Nov. lDramatic inhoductions aside, the up comins vote on Referendums C and D holds some serious weight here at Metro, While not generally one to get excited about electoral politics, I, ZoE T. Williams, beg you, for the sake of your school, to vote for Referendums C and D. Referendum C will allow the stale to spend dre money it collects in taxes for ffve years. Taxpayen who have received deductions from pay beyond the requirement will still get their refunds, However, every Colo rado taxpayer would give up a $50 to $150 . refirrrd to the sta-te.to-use.for,K-l2 educa[on health care, and public community and state colleges and universities.

Referendum D will only pass with its homeboy Referendum C. A !res" vote on Referendum D will allow monev collected to go to, among other things, repairs to state university and college buildings tlrough the formation of $1.56billion in bonds.

Remember that tuition increase of 2.1 percentlast yea.r?That increaselvas to compensatefor money the state did not prodde Metro. ff Referendums C and D pass, such an increaservould not be necessaryin the future. Hear that? Tuition might not have to go up. Can I get a "hallelujah?"

The board of directors for Metro's Alumni Associationreleasedan endorsementfor

parents and taxpayers think vorrchen^might shrdents a fair shake' school q]:, tot" voucher advocates like cranberg ar-egood their agenda sound like faimess' 3j T.I*C vou$er.programs ane one more hV' 1"d^ yulof "Y""tulry aleviating rich peoplet tax burdens by tuming a socialinstiurtion toward Privatizlion' I ug."" tlrat big government does invari., create bureaucracy. But.if the altema 1bly.is a nation without the vital framework of tive. social servicesand public educariorqgive me bueaucracy every time'

williarm@mscrl.e.ch the referendums based on the grounds that our schools are now receiving less than l0 percent of their frrnding from the state.

Because of this, the College Opporhrrity Fund vouchers that began this year, n'hich in-state shrdents receive annuallv, may de-crease from a $2,400 annual allounent per sh:dent to $800. The Bell Policy Center estimates thal unless alloca0edmore finances, the COF stipends may tap out by the year 2015. COF is the way the state funds higher education norv. Rather than signing a check over to the school, Colorado allocates a stpend, which is tacked on to hrition payments each year. If the COF stipends suidenly dry up, our collegeswill not be receiving state fr-di"S. Welcome to the world of privafized higher education, where instead of Meho we can all do our ma.triculating at Coors C,ommrmity College.

Many opponenb of the referendums will state that higher education has demonstrated no need for an increase in funding.

In reali$, they could not be more wrong.

'Center The Nafronal for Public Policy ani Higher Fducation reports that in ttre l3year qpan of time frorn 200G2015,the amount of high school graduates is to increase 37 percenL Surely not all of these shrdentswill go to the schools receiving benefits from C and D, but many will. More studenb will mean there is a need for more orofessors. more classesand more employees to staff service computers in labs), not to mention basic technolory and resource updates to class rooms, the library and offices. Metro needs funds not only to serve current strdents, but also to expand for incoming students.

The future of higher educalion is ques tionable at its curent standing. You have the opportunity to, with one little vote, preserve the a"fiordability and diversity of Metro. We can stop tuition inffeases and ' privatization while watching this place flourish if TABOR's death grip is pried off tax dollan.

Please, do the right thing. Save your school. Join ine and give a big fat "yes" to Referendums C and D.

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and prose, passâ&#x201A;Źes and prayer, we agreed that the love-honest and selfless--God intended between a man and a woman can be shared between two members of the same sex.

"So, what's the problem?" I asked.*Is it the anal sex?"

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There is a difference between homosexual love and heterosexual chearing. I-ove isn't sex out of marriage; love isn't cheating. But two mm or rvomen pledgng a life together based on honesty and selflessnessis love.

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They want to talk about it.

"We should care about the person first," Gusfrnan said. "Sexudity is a piece of a persorL but it doesn't make the whole picture."

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When it comesto our questions,maybetheysltouldn't be

ruked. [ ltave.foundrluring ^y lrf, thut religion catt lte ver.1'spiriIrnl as well as a veryprivale part of a person'slife.

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basis of all religious thought since the beginning of time: where do we go when we die?

All religion is based on the aforementioned and the question "where did we come from?'

The answers to both of those questions have been the basis of religious debate and wars for centuries and the con{lict will not be over soon. People's answers to these questionshave caused both joy and misery.

The French would say c'est la vie (such as life) to this sihration, but should the ques tions be asked if they bring pain? am working in a high school right now The very sntrlentsq,ho mostne(.l Metro's opportun.itieswill not andI one of the ieachers with whom I am be ctbleto rffird tuitian. Studt:n.tswh.omanage to pa-t'tuitiott working told me of a student many years ago was frushated with her religion because evill lmc,etrouble getting'coursesthq"neerl, and gualiry will who it kept her from enjoying the same kind of teenage eq)erience she saw her friends and classmatesenjoy during high school.

She wanted to be free of the binds of the strict religious beliefs that kept her frorn joinzens create a dynamic economy. Businesses would be unable to arbnd college. Simply her friends for things like school dances, ing with work forces that can pu! if referendums C and D do not pass, move to states and daring the boy of her choice. parties, Meho will not be able to fulfill its mission. think and irmovate, stabesthat offer excellent came to a crossroadin her life where She Without adeouate state frrndins. some com- educations for employees' children. Thls needed to make a decision-having the she opportrnities for all of us to develop increasis and major creates bination of large tuition or having a life in contempodivine answers reductions in programs and serviceswill be and use our talents. The best jumpstart for ra.ry times. to unavoidable. The very students who most Colorado's economy is investing now When it comes to our questions, maybe need Meho's opporhnities will not be able make it a beser place to live. they -I shouldn't be asked.

The budget argumenb can be complex, to afiord hrition. Surdents who manage to have found during my life that religion I to the is simple.

Do choose will havd trouble getring counes but question pay hrition be very spiritual as well as a very private can they need, and quality will surely suffer. keep a rebate averaging about $98 per year, part of a penon's life.

There will be fewer faculty, fewer sta.ff,few- an amount that won't pay my road tolls or Some questions we ask God to answer increased tuition? Or do I chip in that moner services,less opportr:niiy. are maybe something for us and us alone This is not a poliucal scare tactic. Re- ey and invest in aII of our futrires? ro Know.

Nov. 1.

I've The election is Tuesdav. gardlessof whether our situation is anallzed As a Catholic,, I believe thai when you thought about it and made'up my mind. I by the oftce of the Republican govemor, go into a confessional to confesssins to the the Republicandominated board of trustees, hope you will too. priest you a.renot talking to a priest, you are or the new Democratic maiority in the sta;te Theopinins hereare mine.I certainQdon't tall'ing to God, and everything said in the legislature, the result is thi same. Referenconfessionalwill never be uttered outside. speakfor the entire Mctro facultl, who are ntdums C and D are supported by Governor The sins are removed and you and God Owens, the Meto Board of Trustees, and tab\ dfuersein their thinking. To cmfuse m1 are square until the next time. i'he questions many membem of the Colorado General opinionswith thnseof Metro uould lilceQiwult the confessionsare the sane-we carry and resources were cm$umed in the us both.

No state Assernbly. within ourselves and only allow God them I support C becauseit is time to drop the uriting of this column to see them when we feel it neiessary. axtiffcial limib on our state'sability to grow.

So, in that case,keep your questions for Rebecca V. Fenell, PltD., is a biobg Ids time to invest in the fuu:re. Colorado professm al Metro. Slu ma1 be conactcd at a time when you crur talk to the genuine can become very prosperous if we rebuild article. education and infrastruchrre. Educa.ted citi- ferrclb@mscd.edu

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fulure forColorodo's wise investmeil Referendums C&D At the moment, Colorado is caught in a struggle between those who want to shrink state govemment to a size convenient for bathtub drowning, and those who believe that state govemment creates a commonwealth for the common good.

Referendum C is the heart of this debate.

Some opponents truly believe govemment should be downsized until it can no longer provide vital services.Ma.jor conkibutors to the opposition campaign are wealthy nonresidentsof Colorado, who want to seewhat happers when a state goes bankrupt. I'll make a prediction: if Colorado can't pro vide services to support our economy, our economy will spiral downward. Serviceswe take for granted will disappear or require fees to be paid. College hrition will rise dramaticalll even as quality suffen. If the state can't afford roads. thev can be orilatized into tollways. Anyone who *attd m operate toll roads, buy state buildings cheap, or land a contract for privatizing state services, wanb to seeReferendum C fail.

Some opponenb are Colorado citizens, who truly believe quality higher education should be only for the wealthy. Some wealthy folks want to hold onto their wealth by keeping opportunities limited for others.

Some politicians oppose higher education routinelv because thev think a less educated electorate is easier to iool.

These ideas are opposite of Meho's mig sion. As a "college of opportunity," our mis sion is to ofier highquality, yet affordable higher education to people who otherwise

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obodes guide spunky ond spooky tocitytmost Abrief Crypt of the Reaper Square at Buckingha.m Havana and Mississippi Cost $15.95 With &e purchase of one ticke! patrons are welcomed to enter two haunted houses, "Crypt of the Reapel and "Chuckles' Dungeon."

Visitors to the "Crypt of the Reaper" have to zurvive it ffve judgrnens. The difffcult part was trying to distinguish when one judgnrent ended and another began. It was dimcdt to match dre haunted house's story to ib reality as people were being herded fiom one area to the nexl As far as the scarinessfactor, tre intended surprises were predictable and many of the acton' timings were off Often, the actorc didn't make their move until their guesb were walking into the next room. However, the efiecb were well done. For example, the room with the slanted floor and the spinning, hlpnotic tunnel will throw off many people's senseof balance Across the hall, 'Chuckles' Dungeon" is a baditional haunted maze. that holds a *ith a chainsa* named â&#x201A;Źhuck"r".ijiEach "lo#narea in the maze has a number les. of different paths, but only one leads to the next area. People must feel their way tlrough darkened rooms to ffnd the curtain doors. With the exception of Chuckles and a few othen, the actors are put in place to gulde rather than to frighten. Although not incredibly scary, "Chuckles' Dungeonn is very entertaining and the more enjoyable of the two.

-Joe Nguyen - nguyejos@mscd.edu The Hauated Mansion 303) 7955006 5663 S. Prince Su Littleton Cost $12 Owner Greg Reinke may be running for Ltdeton City Council, but it's business as usual at the Reinke Brothers' Haunted Mansion in Litrleton" one of Denver's old est harmted att'artions, With over 30 rooms, *ris detailoriented haunt has a lot of scares to ofrer.

Reinke sai4 "Disney is my mentor."

Wbile The Harmted Mansion doesn-t offer "blood and gub," it makes uP for it with ib handcrafted robotics and Hollywood+tyle rooms that are appropriate for all audiences.

This is a hrnily-oriented haunted house that forgoes blood and gub for a more inchrsive afinosphere.

Reinke specializesin set, prop and cos urme design, and lt certainly shorvs ih thic yea/s harmt Each room is creative and orig' inal, as dre owners and staff spent two yeas planning each haunted house so that the audience can come to The llarurted Mansion again and again.

The wait time is 20 minutes indoors, but robotics, a magician named Greg Shoher and a local band called Greywolf are sure to entertain while you wait More ii. fomration can be found at www.reinkebrothers.com.

Fright Fest Sx Flags Elirch Gardens 2000 Elitch Cir Denver (303) 5954:|86 General Use (Guesb tE" and taller) $37.99 Six Flags Elirch Gardens has made arr other stab at scare-inspired profft with thls year's incamation of "Fright Fesl" the park's collection of haunted a.tractions.

This year featues "Screams from the Past " a haunted house aimed at a yomger crowd and "Terror Trusl" a simulated s6 ance that features skobe lights and shaking seab. "Fright Nighl" a musical that is perfonned hourly in the park's thealer, rormds out the holiday celebration.

Akin to a poor high school musical, this may be the scariestpart of the park. Unfornrnarely, the fear it inspires has nothing to do with ghostsand goblins, rather it stems from shrill and untrained voices singing Michael Jackson coven.

"Brutal Planeg" the most genuinely frightening and unsetrling part of the parlq costs an exh"a $5 or $15 for VIP passes.

"Planet" lass about 15 minutes and every nook and cranny of the darkened struchrre is packed with scares.The detail and care of "Brutal Planefl almost make the park worth the price of admission. Still, it is a cosdy 15 minutes.

Field of Corpces (303) 423FEAR (3327) l3%l W. 64th Ave. Arv-ada Admission: $13, $25 for VIP passes With thousands of square feet and a host . of enthusiasticacton devoted to scaring their victims, the crew of "Field of Corpses" has created a truly original'and fiightening at Faction, The park is notable not only for its de tail and ib depth, but also for ib scale.Tour Photo by Leah Bluntschli - bluntsdh@mscd.edu guides lead visitors through a maze of scary seb and rooms, each with ib own quir{<y Lintonof Denver, on octorwho ployso mentolpotientfor the hounted Stephonie wolk postand creepy theme. The pnesenceof the tour house"Fieldof Corpses"in Arvodo,huddlesin o corneros visitors guide makes the voyage even more believable, as the constant presence of a s!"anger makes one's screanx mone pointed and nltely gives the actors the adwantageof sur- slrocks more memorable.

Tbe As;rlum uField" is prise. The cast, fiom clowns to monstâ&#x201A;Źrs, The key to a quick entamce to Asylum Hodine - (303) 453{359 seemsto jump out of nowheneand the actors earV arrival. Althougb dre doors creak open 11425Community Center Drive are not afraid to follow the audience around aI7 p.m-, it is wise 0oshow up at least a half Northglenn rmtil terror seb in. hour early to avoid the mob.

General Admission: $13 The owners draw from contemporary This atfaction is nationally recopized VIP Faspass Admission (No Wait): $18 horror movies and their years of exPerience as one of the scariesgso there are plenty of *The Co-owner Chris Stafford says that to make sure that every Halloween is udque. curious thrill seeken rhat line up to mjoy Asylum' ofrers an "intense and upclose, The actors are from local high school drama what it has to offer. personal scare." With phenomenal actors clubs.

Still, the 6rills and drills dre "Iield" has and creative rooms, this haunt is worth evThe zuccessof The Asylum stems from to offer are well worth the wait in line. This is ery Penn)'. well-pla.nned rooms and cast participation one of 0re best, haunted howes trat Denver The Asylun is located at The. Boorr that is unlike any other haunted house. has to ofrer. With ie gory details and tongue docks Frur Center in Northglenn. But once The Asylum may have a lengthy wait in<heek hurnor, "Iield of Corpses' deserves you enter, it is anytlfng but firn and games. time and is located outdoors, but ilre thrill is ib national reputation, The a.ttraction is desigred to have the worth the waiL Don't miss this haunt! More For more information, vtsit h@/t{ww. look and feel of an abandoned insaneasyin{ormalion can be found at wwwgebcared. fieldofcorpses.com. lum as victims are led deep into Gordon com.

-Adam GoldcteinCouingham's Hospital for the Insane.

Sara Brito - sbdto@mscd.edu goldstea@mscd.edu The rooms are sparsely lit, which defi-

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Abone:TheGrosvenor Arms oportments in downftcwn Denver.Shcries circuloteof o flopperghostthotroomsthehollsondon elevotorwiih o mindof itsown.

Below:TheElJebelTemplein downtownDenverhosbeenthesourceof numerous ghost slories.Thehistoricbuild;ngon I 8thond Shermon is soidto hostkoublesome phonloms.

There are spooky secrets har-rnting many of the buildings around Capi0ol FIiU. Former Meho history professor Phil Goodstein led a group of 30 people around Capitol HilI as part of his 'Ghost Walk" Friday, OcL 14. On the tour, he brought a unique and fun perspective about the history of the area.

Goodstein started giving toun .in July 1986 when he went for a wzlk along Colfa-r after no one showed uo for a class he was teaching at the Coloraio Free University.

"Here I was, simply w-alking down Colfax backwards. wildly waving mv arms abou! hlking to myself and people shrted following me around," he said. "I figured I might * well give walking tours of the city."

During the nearly twohour 0our, Goodstein hardly took the time to catch his breafh. It seemed as if he had a tale to tell about almost every building the tour group passed.

At the Newhouse Hotel at 1470 Grant Sr, he said there is a woman named Debr4 who men w'ould never warrt to encounter. .She's a young, athactive His- , panic woman, who wears very litde, even on the coldest of nights. She's alwala very friendly to the men who come by, some of whom are invited to come uo to her room. These men wake up m the ailey or the parking lot the next moming, missing their wallets. When they go to complain to the managemenl they are told no one's heard of her.

At the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception at 1530 Logan, he talked about the cornpetition between the Catholics and Episcopalians, each trying to be the ffrst to complete their respective cathedral. In 1909, both were on the verge of ffnishing when one of the pillars of the Episcopal Carhedral of St. John's in the Wildemess cracked. Catholic Bishop Nicholas Matr told Episcopal Dean Henry Martyn Hart, "I see one of your towers has sunk. I alwap suspected there was something wrong with the foundatiors of your chr:rch."

Three years later, just before the dedi-

cation of the Immaculate Conception, .

Iightning struck ib westem spire and 25 feet of the spire fell down onto Colfax. '' When Hart heard about this, he told 1 Mab, "Our touble is from below. Yours l is from above." r At the old ElJebel Shrine Temple on i 186 and Sherman, Goodstein explalned thai it was once home to the Shrinen, 1 "the playboys of the Masonic world," as he called them. Shortly afur a ffre in l 1924, they moved oul The group they , I sold it to eventually would move out in I the 1990s,in wake of rrrr:ltiple reports of I ghosts. They had a high hrmover rate of I janitors and security, who complained of I someone being in the building with them. I In the auditorium, the PA sl,stem wor:ld r act shangely. The audience would hear I something completely different from what the speakerwas saying.The music corning r from the speakerswould be different frorn ' r what was achrally playing. Goodstein told \ a tale about how he experienced this personally during a qpeaking engagemenl s "When I got up on stage,I obviously t am not connecting with the audience,' he r said. "fm geting sb:dngeloolis, (I hear) r bizarre echoes (from the speakers)." j In the 1960s, the Warwick Hotel, located at 1776 Grant St iat that time called - t the Hyan House Hotel), was working in ( conjunction with PlafiE magazine. The t hotel's penthouse was known as The Play- r boy Club ofDenver. r "Rather than being the gliuering, sery t world of Hugh Heftrer," he said .it (was) an environment of exoloitation." t After a drug deal didtr't g" asplanned, I a Playboy bunny was found murdered. By - f 1977,when the Playboy lease expired, no s one wanted to renew the lease.In the next \ 25 years, new mirnagement would come and go- Stcries circulated of the ghost of a the Playboy bunny. When visitors entered I the penthouse, they felt water dripping on I their skin and a mlnterious force pushing them to and fro. s The Grosvenor Arms apartnent build- t ing at 16fr Avenue and I-ogan Street has - t a history rife with spooks. Built to emu- a lafe the posh and elegant apartnents in ( England, this building was considered the s

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"I-ate at night, people in unit I I 1 will i" Lddenly start hearing waler gding e bathtub and coming up the downnu!' Goodstein said, "leaving behind st*tained warer tha! when it dries, loo}s st like blood stains."

Other feahues of the Acacia are keys aI spin around in locks, televisions that range channels on their own and lights .at flash randomly in the hallways. The ranagementof the Acadia replaced the iring and plumbing, but to no avail. The nting persisb.

Goodstein's 'Ghost Walk' is one of re nxury haunted and historic tours he ads during dre month of October. Aside om ghose, these tours include stories of eaze and sex scandals throughout Denr s hisory.

C'oodstein has written several books rout Denver, including *The Ghosts of 'enver: Capitol Hill,"'The SeamySide of ,enver," and 'DIA and Other Scams."

Fccentric and knowledgeable, Good ein presenb an interesting point of view Iat is certain to capblre his audience's at,ndon. For anyone seeking an educationand enlertaining heat for Halloween, ioodstein's tour will uncover the spooky de of Denver.

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Brqvenewworld Theotre new seoson Denver Center Componyt heights inproduction reoches new ondperformonce sAll

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by Arthur Miller directed by Bruce Sevy The Denver Center's current production of Arthur Mllels "All Mv Sons" represents a bold step forward for the company even as it echoessome of the most poignant and resonant ele menb from last year's season.

The themes of an individual's struggle with social responsibfity and selfdeception that marked Mlle/s most well known dramas ("Deatr of a Salesnan' and "The CrucibleJ ffnd a stirring ori gn i" "An My Sons," fie playwright's ffrst commercial success.

As a premiere for DCTCs 2005{6 season"the drama serves as a sly commentary on curent events and as an ei fective hibute to a master of American drama The play focuses on the Keller family and its stsuggle to ffnd stability after the ravages of World War tr.

As the manufacurer of plane cylinder heads during the war, Joe Keller made a hefty proft from the industry of trag' edy. More rignificandy, as a cbild of the Depression,Joe seeshis hard work and resulting profft as a boon and a blessing for his family. He has no qualms about gaining wealth from the destruction and desolation of the conflict His son, Chris Keller, is recendy re hrmed from combat and still haunted by the ghoas of war. Although he is well on his way to zupplanting his fatrer's managerial role in the family business, Chris is less concemed witr proffc. Instead, his focus is on helping his nother come to terms with &e death of his brother, larry, and wooing Ann Deever, Larry's forrner fiancâ&#x201A;Źe and daughter ofJoe's former businesspartner, Steve Deever. Al6.A Flea in IIer Eart

by Georges Feydeau directedbyKentThomp 3|'n Marital infidelity. Shady hotels.

Impotence. Speech impedimenb.

In the current production of Georges Feydeau's farce, "A Flea in Her Ear," director Kent Thomp son makes searnlessuse of all these elements to deliver a frenzied and frenetic comedy.

A dramatic veteran, Thomp son's time as producing artis0c director at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival was fiting preparation for his direcoodal debut in Denver.

The vast cast of characters (close to 20) and mulu-layered plot'echo Shakespeare's mmedies at their best brirnming with the ironies, role reversals arad mis-entendrcs that gave the Bards humor zuch d"p*t.

As a contrast to Shakespeare's comedy, Feydeau's 1907 text and ib comedic conventions are much more approachable for a modern audience. Indee4 as this production shows. the standards of hrce

ery nuiurce of the plot ffnds firll focus, As Joe Keller, Mke llartnan exploits the full potential of a character whose personal devotions axenarrow to a fault Hartrnan portraysJoe as a victim of his culure, a hardened son of deprivation whose sole concem is his hmily.

Joe's furlq the absence of a social conscience, stems from his sihration. Still, it is impossible to frrlly sympathize with or loathe the character, and Haftman's performance imbues the character with the proper amount of moral complexity.

David Furr's perfonnance as Chris presenb a ballast to the self-interest of Joe's character. A frâ&#x201A;Źstulan to the Denver Center, Furr shinesas a disillusioned son coming to teEns *i*1 h;s ;dsalizsd father's crime and as a soldier strfrering for his fallen comrades. Caught between the two is Kate Keller, given a tactile and inunediare life by DCTC veteran Jeanne Paulsen. Tom between the loyalties of a mother and the duties of a socially conscious member of society, Paulsen's character drives the drama with her confiicl Photo bv courtesvofDCTC Mller's play draws from themes MikeHorlmonosJoeKellerondJeonnePoulsen os KoteKellerin the both ancient and conternporary. ComDenverCrnterTheoheCompony'sseosonopeningproductionof "All My bining the realism of Henrlk Ibsen and Sons." dre psychological probing of the ancient Greek playwrighb, "All My Sons" gives though Kate Keller is convinced that her deatlx of their pilob. When Joe's zup the traditional allegory an immediate son Iarry is still alive, the disappearance posed innocence is thrown into quee appeal. of his plane during the war sendsa clear tion, each character's rmique form of After last season's productions of messageto both Chris andJoe. selfdeception is brutally torn aparL both lbsen's "A Doll's House" and The drama ffnds ib shide when the In a time when proffb are be Sophodes' "Oedipus Rex" at the Denshady details ofJoe's wartime indusbl ing reaped ftom wartime proffteering ver Center, "All My Sons' seenrs like come to light and the clash between throughout the globe, the questions and a logical begfuming to the new season. personal profft and social reqponsibility quandaries raised in "All My Sons" are Like Mille/s texl it dnws on its preccomes to the fore. Steve Deever, Joe's supremely pertinenl The Denver Cen- edenb to create a fresh and unique fuformer business partner, is in prison ter's production influes a 1940splot set- sion. $All My Sonrt will run rt for criminal neglec! having let faulty ting with contemporary issuesand probplane equipmmt get $rorr# the as- lems in every detail of ib design. What's the Space Theatre until No sembly line, faulty equipment that led more, the playen heat their characters vember 5. to the failure of U.S. planes and the with such sensitivity and depth drat ev-

with influenced a wide range expert of 20th century comediperformances, ans. The humor in this fflling their coplay would fft Buster Kemedic roles as aton or Charlie Chaplin straidt men just as easily as it would widr a seaigfuGroucho Marx. laced and The stucorre of the unyielding beplay owes much to the lievability. Frllconventional borurdaries ing one of the of the genre and here the most eccenEic initial confusion that sets and engaging off all the comedy is all roles is Sarn about impotence. When Gregory asthe Mctor Ernmanuelle proud Sp"* iard Chandeblse is suddenly Carlos Photo by courtesyofDCTC stricken with performance Homenides (Lto R)AngeloPierceos Lucienne Homenides de Histon- de Histangua. anxiety and is unable to guo,JohnHuttonos RomoinToumelond Kothleen [4cperform his marital . duGregory's Collos Rqymonde Chondebise. ties, his wife, Rayrnonde, energJr is un!$sumes his disinterest is matched, and due to another woman. his caricahrrc To discover whether or of a mifled not her husband is faithful she en- Me in Thompson's direction and and jealous Spanish lqv.r is .t lisb the aid of her best &iend, Lu- a competent casL Denver Center of fte high poinb of the comedy. cienne, and together they lgtch a veteranJamie Horton plays a dual With their careful and calcularing plot that wenbrally envelops their role, swihhing searnlesslybetween portrayals, Denver Cenbr newfriends and the unsuspecting staff two completely difierent charac- comers Kafhleen McCall and Anof the Cog d'Or, a seedy hotel that ten in the qpace of mere seconds. gela herce ground the sheer sillispecializesin $rcb.

Joh" Hutton and Randy Moore nessof the other players.

The fast pace of &e plot finds rebrm to the Denver Center stage With their timing and chemis-

try, the ensemble in this productiorr makes the multidered and complicated comedy of the play flow fie+ ly. Although much of the hrunor here fies in the most basic teneb of comedy--a silly style of speaking, a case of mistaken identity, a cartoon-like series of pra.tralls-+he cast makes it all seern new.

'A Flea in Her Ear," represents a dual set of achievementsfor Kent Thompson. As director, he has assembled a comedy that is laughout-loud frrrury despite ib dense plot twisb. As the new artistic director of the Denver Center Theahe Company, he's chosen tlrc perfect compliment to Arthur Mller's "All My Sons," the other inaugural play of the season.Where "Sons" is serious and provoking, "Flea" is fi:rury and l{hr If these two productions speak for the rest of the 2005{6 season. the community can expect great things from Thomson and the DCTC's company. sA Flea in IIer Eartt will rutr at tbe Stage Thertre until November 5.

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TLe name certain_ lv fits ttre sound. The basis of their sound is Ulicnv's zuitar rvork.

He drenJhes it in re verb, distortion, chorusins and the all_imoortai-rt delav unUl it t".o-". an orchestra of shimmerins. puls_ ins sn,,nrl t. "',.in"'.' 'i;;;;f,"; .ou.". fr*rrr- ..rft n rd . tines hansform suu 'Iilriour, ilto buzrir,g riffs in an instant. varvine from d.earnlike io elJctrif ins. Chris \Valters' bass_"workolavs off it_sometimes woriing in counterpoint, Plrorolrr AdriaD DiI baltlo. atliubrlrl@nrscrl., ,1,,sometimes

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along a:rd add ihe occasionalaccent.Over all of this, N{arguerite Olivelle's powerful voice swoopsand soars,going {iom a sulhv whisper to a bansheelike wail in the space of second' Certain indiridual inlluences a-reeasy to name and the band has been plagued by speclouscompansons' .One more fucking person compares us to the Cranberries,I'm going to ... freak.

Maybe (Olir"elle)soundsa litde bit like (her) voice, but I don't think we sotruJ,anllhing likelhe Cranberries,"lllicnl' said. . lhey do sound somettring like The Cure. N{;- Bloody \,'a1"tr6treand Slorvdive, but there are plenty of lessobr.iousforcesat r'r'orkin iheir music BassistWaliers citesKy'Iool uss, and Pink Floyd, drummer Vishria names The Police and U2. Olir.elle drarvs on jazz greats such as F,lla FiUgerald and SarahVaughn, alongwith more recentindie 'Ihe starssuch as Cat Po*'er. sum of these iniuences is put together in such a rvay as to createsomedringdistinctiveand unusual. l,ove them or hate them, The Slow Signal Fade createsomethingthat is unmistakablv tnell o\4rl' "ff everyonehstensto New Order, vou end up sounding like the Killers or something, Ulicny said. "It's one of those things; I think it really helps us orrt. We're not fying to so 'nd like an1'thing' we just kind of play, 11!,;vhatever *"'a

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ideas into rehearsa-ls and the band plavs l.ith them and jams, adding pieces until *re song takes shape. For this reason, the band's songs.a-re a true reflection of the group as a lvnole.

"Anvone can come in u,ith an idea and it just builds from there ... No one is Like 'here's a song I wrote, here's lvhat you're going to be playing.' At mosl someone has a part lbr their instrument, maybe a rough suggestion ... for somebody else. We all contribute," Vishria said.

"There's no reason to be in a band if it's not going to be like that," Llicny said. "It's Iike you're working for somebody else. If vou don't respect the people vou plav with to come up with their own parts! to do il'hat they do, just play acoustic or be a singer/ songlrriter or something. " That band-oriented focus on song wdting brings the band closer and keeps things

fresh.

"It is so exciting when $,e go into the studio and someone comes up with something.

That's why it u'orks, we inspire each other," Olivelle said. It doesn't hurt that they all get along like old friends, camping out while on the road and taking detours for "band trips" to see famous sites or visit a favorite hot dog stand.

The band has released two EPs on Stroll Mrusic, Kindling and Through the 0paque Ab. Kirulling was a demo they recorded and mired in 24hours and decided to release.

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o Continued from 18 FADE Opaquewas recorded over the space of two dap with a producer who was unfarriliar with the band. I8s marred by mufled drums, an unbalanced mix that ignores the band's idioslncrasies and a generally flat and lifeless sound. No one in the band feels that either release is a good representation of their sound.

"Peirple get a misconception (about us).

They listen to the CD, they t}ink 'these are good songs; it's not bad, but there's something missing.' Then they come see us live and they're like 'OK I get it a litde better,'" Ulicny said.

The difference between their recorded and live sound is the difference between un{hlfilled potential and brilliance. The drumming is more urgenL The elements are better balanced and they make excellent use of dynamics and tension to keep the songs fiom being boring. Each song b:aversesits own course, building and breaking in waves of cascadingsound. It doesn't hurt that Olivelle is a striking vision on stage. She's animated and vital, whipping her head around glrratjng in time with the beat and staring into an unknown distance as she sings.Short and slender with exotic, beautifirl feahres, she seemslike some sort of rare pixie, with a voice several times her size.

After two unsatl{ing recordings, The Slow Signal Fade has enlisted none other than the legendary Steve Albini to mix and engineer their debut album, Albini's talents behind the mixing board have helped bands such as Nirv-ana and High on Fire caphrre their sound on tape. Now drey hope Albini camwork some of his magic with their dis tinctive sormd. nWe realize what wasn't caphrred, and so I think that's our goal, with working witr Albini, is to acurally captre ozr sound," Olivelle said.

"He's the best chance we have of capturing the edge and the niceness at the same time," IJlicny said.

The album w.asffnished over ffve days and will be releasedin early 2006. The band is eager to get it out there and follow it up with a tour.

"When we're not making music, we're dfnking about making music. It seems like our life is either doi.g it, or plaffiing it or selling things so we can do it,' Olivelle said.

If Albini can captu.re their edge and niceness,not to mention thet dynarnics, diversity and dedication, it should take them a long way.

Both EPs are nearl)) sold out, zaithno plans to put either back in Trrint, although th"ejt are aaailable on poptular download sen)ices s'uch as Napster andiTunes.

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By CassieHood hoodc@nscrl.edu It would be easy to dismiss Criteria as another typical emo band. After all, two of the band members are victims of the indie fad that pus men into tight panb designed for women. However, front man Stephen Pedersen sincerely promises, "We will do everything in our power to rock you." A clich6d way of asking people to come to their show, but their sincerity'makesthem hard 0oignore.

They are humble guys who want to play their music for people. At times, it seems like their music doesn't offer much, but their personalities shine through, allowing the listener to peer into their hearts. Teetering on emo, their sound is hard to classiS. Pedersencalls it "strength rock," a genre Pedersensavsonlv a few bands have been classiffedas.-Sily ioundlng genres aside, this band manages to do something new to the tiring emo genre. So how would one classi& this new music? It somds like arena rock and emo had an illegitimate child, and that child was Criteria' The drumbeals by Mke Sweeney make the listener's heart pound and pro vide the framewo* for each song. Guitarisb Aaron Druery and Pedersen intensely drive the songs into a rock 'n' roll sound.

4l Mogr' bass seamlesslyties together the harmony and rhlthm. The bass lines hide in the background and only peer out to ffll the empty silence. Pedersen'salmost whiny, but strangely melodic vocals complete the sound. At times, the lyrics sound like they are from a llyear-old's diary, but for the rnost part Pedersendoes a greatjob eryress ing his pain.

The band draws insoiration from everyday life experiences wlren writing songs.

Pedersenwrote a lot about his conflicts with work and music. "I write a lot about the B.S. going on in the world," he said.

Pedenen gained much notoriety in the indie world during his stint with the band Cunive. After Cursive. he moved on to

ByAdam Goldstein goldstea@mscd.edu Adrienne Young's new albvn, Thz Att of Virtue fuses an old+ime sound with a revolutionary fervor, taking contextual cues fiom Beniamin Franklin and the Gratefrrl Dead aiong the way.

A seventh generation Floridian, Young's music leams with agriculhrral and organic tones, both in its lyrics and iC instrumentation. Her clear banio lines and crystalline voice recall the besi elements of American folk music. The album is evocative and earthv. with harmonies and melo-

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The.y look happr..brrt thc'y'r'ertall.r'sad. (lriteria is Stephen Petlersen (rocalsl, Aaron l)ruery (grritar), AJ l'Iogis (bass) and Xlike Srveeney (drunrs). become a corporate lawyer, but his love of music wouldn't let him be another paper pusher. After ffnishing his degree at Duke Law School, Pedersenrehrmed to his home town of Omaha- Neb.. where he lived in a friend's basement 'writing Pedersen staxted song.after song in his underground abode. The rock music in his head couldn't be stopped. He wrote his first entire album, Ez Garde, wbtle kving in the basemenLLocal musicians Mogis, Sweeney and Druery joined him to provide the musical backing he'd been seeking.They had all been in other bands and were out of work, according to their Website. With that, Criteria was formed.

At first, the band wasr't taken seriously.

Their ffrst album was completely igrrored.

With the release of their second album, Wlun We Break, it seems that they are finally going to be heard. Their label, SaddleCreek records, actually re-releasedthe first

dies that could have easily sounded from some anon),rnous Kentucky mountain cabin a hundred years ago.

The messageoI Virtue is much more contempora.ry than its music, which is what distinguishesit from most bluegrass.

Although Young tahes her tide in part from Benjamin Franklin's "Thirteen Virhres," the overarching theme of the album is tom from present conflicts and clashes.

Through the clean guitar lines and dense ffddle nrns, Young's voice sings of tolerance, patience and understanding.

Speciffcally citing the outcome of the 2004 election as an inspiration, Young seems to be reclaiming the rnusical genre for an ultimately progressive message.With liner notes that advocate organic foods and the Dreservation of familv farms in the same iine, Young's message is refreshing and disorienting all at once.

In "Dont Get Weary, Children," the lyrics juxtapose rural images hmiliar to any American folk song with contempo ra{y headaches.The tide comes fiom the chorus, a reausurance that comes after verseswhich read like their own plaintive list of wonies ("Nashville firll of big hotels, Chattanooga fr:ll of saloorx, 'Knoxville frrll

album so that fans and critics can ffnally hear the previously overlooked album.

In October. Criteria hit the road with Minus the Bear and the Headphones to tour the West coast. Earlier this year, they toured the U.Ii, which was a refreshing experience.

"The crowds really appreciated that we were there. It didn't ma$er if they liked our music, the fact tlnt we were there, rocking out, was reason enough for them to get exciti-.d,' Pedenen said. One perk he mentioned was that in the U.K they had a driver who took them where they needed to be, but here in the United States, they are on their own for traDspoftation.

Criteda will grice the stage Ocr 22 at the Ianimer lormge. For more information about Critedq go to their Website www.ffiteriamusic.com.

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In "It's All the Same," Young takes an all-inclusive approach to religion and spirihrality that almost seemsout of place with its plucked and s,,rangedaccompaniment.

'I knolv there's a God above us, and that God made everything," she sings. "And it don't rnatter how you wonhip -.. its all the same."

For Young, the art of virtue is not rooted in one text or one sect. Sirnilarlv. her music cannot be firlly capurred with one sor.nd, one musical ldiom. In its coversand interpretations, the album sp.ms generations and genres. "Bonaparte's Retreary{vly Love Is in America" is a lively cover of an ancient folk melody, and Young handles the Grarefrrl Dead's "Brokedown Palace" with a stirring and somber solemnity.

The unique achievement oI Tlu Art of Virtue is the wav it flawlesslv echoes the sound of rural A*"ri."tt folk music even as it fearlessly presents ib cosmopolitan message.In mixing the emotion and earnestness of history with a contemporary message,Young proves that bluegrasscan still be a revolutionary and affecting artistic tool.

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sfoys slrongI Women still No. 1 Bv JerenlyJohnson .iiohn308@n.scd.edu The Metro women's soccer tearn survived a second-half rallv bv Adams State College for a &2 victory Friday at AlamosaPaired with a 4{ divisional win over New Mexico Highlands, the Roadrunners improved to 90 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

The 'Runners, who have been ranked No. I in the nafion since preseason,impioved &o150 overall and haven't lost in 39 cons€cutivegames.

Team captain and senior forward Amy Leichliter scored the first goal for Metro in the 24n minute by guiding home a free kick assist from junior midffelder Kira Sharp.

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Sophomore SarahJohnson then scored the second goal for dre Grizlies off a penalty kick witr 12 minutes left in the game.

Photo by \'lh1ne Bart r bart@mscd.edu "It's good for us to have gameswhere we have to batde a litde bit " Meto head coach Meko forword CurtisDuffusmovesinio positionfor o shot in the Oct. I 5 gome ogoinstthe Universityof Konsos.

Danny Sanchez said. 'We were pleased to get the results we did on the road."

Metro out-shot Adarns State 31-7 in the game and 191 in the ffrst half alone, yet the Grizlies are only the second team this season to score two goals ag"ainstthe 'Runners red shirt freshman goalie. The ffrst was Ft I€wis College.

'To come from behind like we did guF to in to, that these are startilg buy " theJayhawls on Friday nighl over against Meho showed a lot of guts," AdBy Shaun Cook Karsas struck ffrst in the ninth minute, Woods said between periods Sah:rday nighr ams State head coach Dale Roden said. "It scook43@mscd.edu but Metro captain Curtis Dufix answered "These guys are fi:ll of gub and speed and is something that the seniors and everyone quickly with a goal in the sixth and then that fits with the sbaregy I'm kying to place else is going to remember for the rest of Sabrday night, Metro men's hockey met again 30 secondslater, on an assistby Ryan here. I'm proud of them." their lives." the University of Karsas for the second time Woods' excitement proved contagious CallaharL giving Mebo the 2-l lead at the The comeback was short-lived. Freshin as many riigtrts. tre Roadrunners lost to as the Metro men quickly responded to man and backup midffelder Vanessa Mais KU &7 in American Collegiate Hockey As- end of the ffrst period. their coach's style.

The quick responseby Metro was indicdrove in a header off a lGystal Kilbey free sociation play.

Metro arswered with three goals by juafive of their upbeat offensive style inducted kick to 6ve the Roadrunners the victory.

Metro was coming off a threegame win nior forward Luke hrnming within a qpan Meho then Eaveled to Las Vegas, N.M., steak dating back to a sv/eep of the Univer- by coach Greg Woods, a former All-AmeriLamming's third goal of his the of Denver. of eight minutes. can at Univenity Sunday to take on New Mexico Highlands sity of Nevada, Las Veps, and a .14 victory "I've got a system going in place here, second period hat trick brought the game to Univenity. kd by Ormrod and Leichliier, 56 in favor of theJayhawks.

14966 tellisd its second 40 win of the seaFreshman Bronson Barrefi then scored son over the Cowgirls (7-7,4-5 RMAC). to knot the game at &6.

After a scorelessffrst hdf, Omrod burThe Meho men came into the third pe- ied her l4d goal of the season off a penriod pushing the Kansas Staredefense hard, alty kick four minutes into the second half. and getting some great opportrmities by hichllter became the thtd player to reach speedyjunior Kevin Shaw and some strong doubledigit scoring when the senior captain savesby goalie Roben CraneJr. blasied in a rebound for her tenth goal of Metro answered a Karsas goal early in the year. dre third period with one by Eugene Po Kylee Hanavan anchored the latter part -it try. of the second ha.lf and fruther cemented The fast paced, high scoring style of the her Player-of-theYear bid with two goals.

Roadrunners was fun to watch, but they Hanavan scored in the 70o minute off a Kawere ultimately unsuccessfr.rl astheJaytrawks tie Kilbey assistand again in the 76s minute, won, scoring a goal with l:32 left to play. this time off of Sharp's second assistof the Overa[ Meho played hard and fast and weekend. had the game in hand for the entirety. Their Metro heads to Durango on Friday 0o poise and skill is a tease for what they're take on FL Lewis before traveling to Grand capable of throughout this season.Woods' Junction !o play Mesa State College. Both g:nnes are at I p.m. rystem and plan for the seasonis dt" "*y" 'We need to make sure we stay focused and the players have the ability to lve up to iL on the games this weekend befoe'u{rrying Behind Captain Duftrs and the quick about Regis on Wednesday," Sanchezsaid. scoring of playen like lamming and Shaw, Meho rchrrns to Denver on Wednesday Photo by rrlbyne Bart o bart@mscd.edu it shouldn't be hard to do well. to play Regis in what may be a preview MehogoolieAoron Noceroblockso shotwhiledorn two menon o Universityof Metro's next opponent is Colorado CoL of dre RMAC ctrampionship. Th€ RoadKonsospowerploy. fletro lostlhe gomeby o scoreof 7-8 becouseof o Konsosgool lege and the men from Meho are hungry to nulnen won the ffnt meetiog l{, but are get back on the ice after a tough loss. in theftnollwo minubs.Theysplittheweekendserieswith Konsosl -1, ondnow traveling to the Rangen' home field for the remat h. The game stsrb at 3:30 p.m. sbnd ot 3-3-0on lheseoson.

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Metro midftelderL,eviBoggessmovesthe boll up-fieldduring o gome ogoinslColobeot the Cougors4-0. rodo â&#x201A;Źhristion Universityon Sundoy,Oct. 8. The Roodrunners to Colorodo in overtime losing double ronkings ofter Metro fell out of he notionol Schoolof Mines3-2.

The Roadrunner rnen's soccer team split a pair of conference games last weekend, losing 32 to Colorado School of Mines then beating Colorado Christian Univenity 40, bringing their record to ll-41 on the season.

It oook a double overtirne to decide the outcome of the game between Meho and No. 15 Colorado School of Mines. The 'Runners Orediggers prevailed, beating the with an unassistedgoal from Rafael Ribiero in the 105dminute of play.

"Obviously, coming out on the short end of the Mines game was disappointing,' head coach Ken Parsons said "but we feel that we played well enough in that game to win."

Metro went to Golden in search of a season sweep of Mines. What the Roadrunners found, instead, was one of their most difffcult games in 2005 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play.

"Unfortunately, with (Preston Borrego) sewing a red card suspensionand hso starters coming off (the ffeld) after injuries in the first 20-minutes, really made it difficult against a quality Mines team," Parsonssaid.

"I think we will probably see them again in the playoffs and, with our best ll, hope to play as well as we did at home " The Ore.liggers got on the board first with a Mke Dixon goal nearly l3 minutes 'Runners answered be into the match. The ffrst half ended as Zach Cousins fore the scored his fourth goal of the season off an

assistfrom Mark Cromie at 3l:47.

The following 33 minutes were spent with both leams sruggling to take the lead.

Ribiero scored for Mines at 64:23 and ga.vethe Orediggers a short-lived lead. Metro's Shaun Elbaurn was quick to arswer, scoring his 156 goal of the seasona.t67:39 off a Cousins assist.

The Roadnrnners and the Orediggers went into another scoring deadlock for the rest of regulation. One lGminute overtime period was not enough. Five minutes into the second overtime period, Mines found the difference maker with Ribiero's second goal of the contesl Despite the tough loss, Metro was quick to rebound, and beat Colorado Christian ,f 0.

Jr:nior forward Antonio Porras led the charge scoring three goals on the Cougars.

C-ousinsand Cromie each made assists,and Porras scored on a free kick to secure the hat hick.

In their twogame seasonsweep of Colorado Christian, the 'Runners won by a combined margin of 150.

Metro has four regular season g:unes remaining in 2005, all of which are against 'Runners' ffnal tr,vo RMAC opponents. The home games are at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oa. 2l and Sr:ndav.Oct. 23.

Metro looks to finish the season strong before defending ib championship in the RMAC plavoft.

"At thls point, we are taking things one game at a time so we do not sufier a setback that could keep us out of the national tournarrrent pich:re," Parsors said.

'Runners 'Runners meet exhibition inpreseoson ogoinst Swim team, new head coach get ready for 2005 seasonwith annual event

By JenniferHankrns j/rtnkin4@mscd.edu This weekend, the swimming and diving team was back in the water for its preseason, Metro vs. Metro meeL The intra+quad Red,lBlue meet gave the team an early assessmentof its overall strength and areasthat need more work.

With the tearns' circumstances,there are manv adiustrnentsto be made.

For s-tarters,there is a new head coach, Winthrop Dyer, who has been coaching competitively since 1989, and was a nine time All-American swirnmer and two-time All-American water polo player at Johns Hopkins.

Dyer a.lso made Olympic Trials in 1984.

'I have alwayshad a passionfor coaching and teachin&" Dyer said. "With the hemendous assistanceof the refurning team memben, adminisbration, and assistant coaches Kevin Sage and former Mebo swimmer Dan France, we have begun building on a core group of freshman men ald women swimmers who will become the foundation of a powerfirl program in the near future."

The other opportunity, or challenge, for Meto's Swimning and Diving team is competing in the Northem Collegiate Conference.

They face older teams that may have 'Rurmen have at more experience than the this point in the game.

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Dyer said he is very positive and has a few people to thank for the great start this season.

"Overall, we have started out strong and will continue to strive for personal besb, improving in the conference standings," Dyer said. "I would like to say that my brief time here has been fantastic already. Everyone, from the human resources to athletics and recreational sports deparEnenb, has been extremely helpfirl and supportive. I seeonly

positive results down the road.'

The next home meets will be held in November on consecutive weekends of the sth, 12th,and 19th.

The Nov. I 2 meet is a ffveway dual meet with Denver University, Colorado College, Univenity of South Dakota and Colorado School of Mines. The meets start al 9 a-m.

The Roadrunnen' swimming and diving seasonwill continue ttrough February, widr NCAA championships in March.

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By Jenna\Voodman jwoodma5@mscd.edu Back on their home hrrf after a pair of road wins, the Metro women's volleyball team didn;t need to adjust anythlng.

The Roadrunners swept both Westem State College and Mesa State College of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference West Division &0.

After the successfr weekend, Meho improved to 146 overall and lG3 in conference plan and moved into second place in the RMAC East Division.

The 'Runnen defeated Westem State on Friday, Oct 14, in the Auraria Event Center by scoresof W22,31-29, ard 3230.

Metro came out ready to win, and with an eight-point rur\ sectred itself with fte victory in Sarne one.

"We have to work on unforced errors, six of their ffrst l0 poins were off our mis takes,nhead coach Debbie Hendricls said.

With the start of the second game, the Mountaineers were not going to lose without a ffght . The heavy competition carried into dle third game as well.

Metro came out with the victory in the end and prepared for a tougher challenge against Mesa Stale, SheenaMclaughlin had a march-high of 17 kills, followed by Stefanie Allison, rvho had 15, andJulie Greer\ who had 10.

Twe y-four hours after the victory over Westem State,the Roadmnners took on the Mavericlc of Mesa State.

Mclaughlin was in the double diglt again with 14 hlls, which helped lead the Roadrunners to another victory.

The Runners had a sixpoint lead over Mesa to tie dowr their first win, followed by a two?oint win of 3230 in the second garne,

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and a 3G24point lead in the drird game.

"We have a tendency to not ffnish and the second game was a good example of us not taking care of business,nHendriclc said. uI think that we did a better job of *rat in the third game."

The Meto women have won l0 of their last I I conference gamesgoing into the ffnal weeks of the regular season.

The 'Runners are now second to the

undefeated Univenity of Nebraska-Kearney Lopers in the RMAC East Dvision.

The team travels to Golden on Friday, Oct 21, for an RMAC match against Colorado School of Mines.

They take on Regis University on Satr:rdan Oct 22, before retuming home to frce the Lopers on Fridan OcL 28.

Fantasyfoo tbaII notj ustfo r fla kes My attempb at being a hipster have alwap been dashed in one way or another by my nan-rraltendencies toward nerdiness.

I got a job aL71u MefioPolitan and, after meeting the mishmash of popcultish supergeeks and the liberally educated who make up *re shrdent staff, I thought to myself "this is home.' I was enjoying a day of networking on myspace.com, quoting "The Simpsonq" and rnaking fun of cable television when I broached the subject of fantasy football with my editor, lrdatt Suddenln the geeks became suspicious.

The feminisb sneered aJ what was certainlv another meathead garne. Ile gap and les bians secredy questioned the sexuality of a grown man, who plays a garne with the word "fantasy" in i! (I once had a girlfriend who called it fancy football'). I could hear the thoughe of these people, and their minds whispered "jock" But you don't have to bâ&#x201A;Ź a jock to play fantasy football. You just have to enjoy warching football itself and it doesnt hurt to ' have a bit of geek in you. FantasyFootball is an opportunity to enjoy games that never have watched before, It is an opporhrnity, as a team owner, to live vicariousV 6mugh pmofessionalarhletes. h 1962. Oakland Raider owner Bill Wickenbach created dre craze along with a handfirl of qportswritersand broadcasters.

Jeremy Johnson jjohnSOS@mscd.edu Ten years ago, while writing qporb part time in Meadville, Pa, I joined a league with my fellow coworkers and the Yakkity Yala have dominated leaguesever since ffhougt\ they have moved from the metopolis of Yakkity to Youngstown, Ohio).

Sundap have never been the same. OcI ffnd mpelf watching the Arizona Cardinals or the Detroit Liors. Over the yearg lve become imrnensely loyal to certain quality players like Bret Fawe and Hines Ward. Unlike certain other team owners of questionable morals, I never take players who are drrg addicb or gup convicted of assaultor questioned for murder.

Every year we sricker as someone, late in the dra& takes Drew Bledsoe. We don't even call hnn ftat anymore-he is "Happy FeeL" We relish when someone says the

words Moe Williams. "Moe," we say. "Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe." See,even fantasy football has "Simpsons' references.

Talk about living vicariously. My name, Jeremy Johnsoq is the same name as the Cincimati fullbacl," only he. spells his with an "i." But that's not vicarious enough.Johnson blocks for a rurming back named Rudi Johnson. That is my cat s name. Without fantasy football I could not fantasizeabout a world where I open holes in defensive lines for my cat There is nothing that beaa watching Pelton Manning drive the ffeld four times in the fourth quarter for a come.from-be hhd win, u ess,of course, it is against your favorite team.

With or without fantasy, I would watch football all the same. But with it, the experience goes to the next level. Just ask my 51 Youngstown Yals. They have a great front offense and a hell of a nrnning game, So if you like footba[ try it out sometime.

If vou don't like football vou could al*ay. pl"y one of the other hntasy sports such as hockey, baseball, basketba[ NAS CA\ hone racing or, (my favorite) fantasy golf.

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CALtrl\DAR ONGOING Nia (Neummuscalar Integratiae Action) - A blend of dance, martial arts, tai chi and yoga. Mondays & Wednesdays,llaml2pm & Tiresdays6-7pm in the St. Francis Atrium.

Mat Pilates - Mondays 12-lpm, Tiresdays, 9-9:55am, Wednesdays 4-4:50pm & Thursdays 12-1pm in the St. Francis Atrium.

Meditation and Qigong (Chinese Yoga) - Have fun learning simple flowing movements& deep breathing exerciseson Tuesdays ll-ll:5Sam & Thursdays l-2pm in the St. Francis Atrium.

- Mondays5:30-6:30pm & Thursdaysllam12pm.

Iyengar Yoga - Tuesdays l0-10:55am.

Hatha Yoga- Ti:esdaysl2-lpm, 4-5pm& 5-6pm.

GentleYoga- Wednesdays l2-1pm.

Yoga as Therapl - Wednesdaysl:152:l5pm.

- rhursdays, High Energ Yosa l010:55am.

Free Blood Preswre Snemings - E*ry Friday at the Health Center, Plaza 150 from 2-,1pm.

Free HIV and Tubercalosis(TB) Testing - Ongoingat theHealthCenterat Auraria.

Call (303)5s6-2s25.

Eatingfor Eeakh and Enetg -Pleasecall T'ai Chi for the Body and Mind - For all SusanKrems at (303) 770-8a33or (303) levels meet on Mondays 4-5pm & Tiresdays 556-6818 for information. l-2pm in the St. Francis Atrium.

Unwlnd! - Come join a relaxing half-hour of meditation and unwind after your busy day on Thursdays 4-4:30pm in the St. Francis Atrium YogaPtogams -Mats & props are provided.

All sessionswill be held at the St. Francis Atrium. Pieasewear comfortable clothingfor the sessionslisted below. For more information, pleasee-mail wilkinli@mscd. edu or call (303) 556-6954.

Yoga Flnw - Intermediate - Mondays l&w 5:15-6:15om: All levels

TobaccoCessationSafuport- The Health Center offers many types of help to stop.

Call (303)556-2525.

Alzoholia AnonymousMeetings- On the Auraria campus,Tuesdaysll:45am-lpm 1020gth St. Park,#B. Call (303)556-2525 for more information.

CancerSulport Groups - Pleasecontact Linda Wilkins-Piercefor details at f303) 556-6954.

Art-Abilitl at Auraria - For the entire month of October, this exhibit will highlight the work of students, faculty and staff with disabilities. This artistic exhibit will be ongoing at the Tivoli Multicultural Lounge unti the end of October. For more info, call (303)556-3210.

October 24,2OO5

Reclaiming the beloaed community: the great uotld house - Join Metro's department of African American studies for their 1Othanniversary celebration.This event cornmemorates the department's past achievments, future goals and its OCtOber 2O,2OO| transformation into the Department of African and African American Studies.

Children of gay parents tell lt like it is The event will include ethnic cuisine, an Abigail Garner, the author of 'Families african drumming ceremony, storytelling Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell a reggae performance and an appearance It Like It Is," will discussher experiences by Dr. Edward Antonio from Zimbabwe. of growing up in a non-traditional The event will run from ll:30 a.m. to household. Garner is a strong advocate for 5 p.m. at St Cajetan's Center. To RSVP GLBT rights and an advocatefor children contact Sheley Bolesta at (303)556.3685 living in GLBT households.The eventwill or Derrick K. Hudson at (303)556.3108. be held at I p.rn. in the Tivoli 320s. For more information, contact Metro Student Activities at (303)556.2595or visit online at http://studentactivities.mscd.edu.

Business Fair - The Business Fair offers studentsthe opportunity to find out about Mefto State String Celebrationfuture jobs in finance, accounting, sales, The First Annual String Celebration at management, IT and more. Students Metro State will provide students and should bring copies of their resumes and educatorswith a mini-festival of inspiration, dress professionally.The fair will be held information and entertainment. The event in the Tivoli Ti,rrnhalle from 10:30 a.m. will span two days, Thursday and Friday, to 2:30 p.m. Networking workshops will and include clinics, workshops and be offered throughout the day at 10:30, conccrts. It lvill explcre a wide m ll:30 and 12:30 in-Tivoli room dRi. To repertoire. All events will take place in see a list of participating employers, log the Kenneth King Center. The eventswill to wlt w.mscd.edur/-careerand select begin at 8 a.m. and end ai 5 p.rn. Guest on the link "eCampusRecruiter." For more artists will include the Volger Quartet, an information, call (303)556.3664. internationally renowned ensemble.

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