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Charles.Mihh" Mitchell, 45, one of the divene bodyofdisabledstudentson campus,hasto bepatient Aboutoncea week,it takeshirn up to ' two houlst0 get out ofthe sciencebuilding. {t's like fee}ingtrapped,"Mitchell said.

Lastsemesterhis dog,Whiplash,andanother wheelshair-bound student,waitedto seewhether theywouldbe canied out by the fire department, or ifthe eleralorwouldbe repaired.

Sometimeshe prefers getting out of his wheelchairand walking down the thrce flights of stairseventhoughit's agonyfor him. Climbing out of hiswheelchairmeamconstantpain. "lt's really awfirl to be carried out,' Mitchell said.

He doesn'tappearupset.He seemsto have aeceptedthe incorwenience.

Whiplashbeggedto be by his side,oftenputting her snouton his lap. the bther of five is a biologr m{or. His goal is teachingsciencein niddle school-his lifelong ' alrcam.

Mitchell isn't complacenteither.He'stalked with the dean,the chair of the biologr department and the head of maintenanceabout the elevator.

'The pmblem is in the design," he said, , . awareof the limitations."I wasa servicemanat onepoint.'

Theweeklytwohour wait for the brokenel' evatorisjust part ofhis mutine now.

Mitchell is also hefiing lnpaired and rccefuesassistanceftom the accesscenter. The centerprovidessewicesfor the disabledon campus. .(Disabled sewices)is much better than it usedto be,"Mitchell said. fire centerhelpedhim get rcal-tine caption, urg for his classesthrough the assessment and documentationof his inpainnent.

Julie Farraq38,a motheranddisabledMetm shdent, G activeryinohrcd with the accesscent€r on campus.

'The location is in fte back of the library," Farrar sai( hhich is not the most accessible , placefor an accesscenter,o She shareda sidem4ysglanceand crooked grin t0 animate her poinL Tltis doesn"thinder her. Shejust aclinowledgedthe humor in it as she manewertd along efrortlessb in her small wheelchair.

Rather than complaining, Ih.trar geb inr vohed. When the furaria Paddng and Ilans

Salaryraisesfor faculty and Metm's public imagewere the items of interest at the June 7 meetingofthe Metro Boardof1hxtees.

Part of the budgetproposalthat wil go into effect July l, the start of the new fiscal year,includessettingasidemoneyto adiustfacultysalaries.

Metro is currently belowindushy standards for payraisesto tenuredpmfessors.Manyincoming pmfessorsareevennaking simila,rsalariesas thosewho haveworkedherefor severalyears. ult concernsme becauseif we don,t payour to the other schoolsand be fuculty compa.rably competitive,we're goingto lose all of our good faculty,"saidJackWylie,Metro StudentGovernment president.

Board memberscameto a tentative agreement on the budget,and during a specialmeeting held June 19, they approvedthe pmposed lsn$esyg*t.6..,t A,Longway.

PhotoByHeather progrom lobollheli4etro Aaes changes. l5 inlheAdoptive Tech ti4orlon Anderson, studenl, usalheDrogon June oCCD have In the past,decisionsonfacultysala,ries progrom offen voiceoclivoled terhnology speciolist.

IheDrogon Center withthehelp ofKeith Voldez, onodoplive with peer inbeen madebasedon cornpa.risons the\,Veb, wrife memos ond send emoik. compuler conlrol. lthelps usen surl stitutions assignedby the ColoradoComrnission for HigherEducation.A newpolicywouldchange portation Sewicescharged an e*ra fee for a canjoin,' Farrarsaid. the institutionsthat Meho comparesitself to. population will StudenttrusteeBrian Glokbachsaid if Metabouthalf the handicapspotabovethe parkingpermit fee, she Statisticaliy, point ro eryects to keepquatityfacdfi it is imperatfue in their bedisabledonsomelevelat some complained got Metm's budget be broughtup to speed. lives,according to Farra,r. "l noticedthey rid of that,' Farra,rsaid. plrysical Reaqiusting the budgetmwt be donewith learning Disabilitiesrangeftom to Plrysical accessfor wheelchair-boundstuIf and ac- care, howwer. the board moves$alariestoo challenges.

The increasein opermess dentson campusis decent.

'Auraria is very easyto get around,' Farrar cessibility possible for high, Meho could open itself up to pmblems for the disabledmakesit later on if hfuhereducationin Coloradowere to to attendcollege, shesaid. thesestudents said. provides a bridgefor stu- undergofinancialcuts,Glotzbachsaid.

Theaccess center Shesaidshebelievesthe $eatest challenges plansbased the needfor healtltycompetitionwith other education for the disabledaremisperceptionsand a lack of dentswith individualized institutions nas also addressedin the neeting saidBreiEsser,disabilon a needsassessment, ilwilneness. presentation go by the Integrative IIarStudents throughan duri4 a It's people that create challengesfor the ity services coordinator. firm bmught in to pmcess keting an outside Conmittee, endingwith a letterdocumenting disabledon campus,like sitting in the path of a intake guide image, intentaly and oderperson assess Metro"s both usethe documentation visuaff-inpaired usfu a stic\ she their disabiry.Students naW. with theil instructorsto designindividualiz€d said.

'Ilrcy just don't get out of the way,"Fanar learningplaru,classbyclass.

Stacy l€{'is and Associatesconducted a brand auditto hy andfind the be$ wry to ma,rket cenButEsserandfarra^rbelievetfie access said.

Metm efrectiveS,andto help spreadan accurate andbesetwith hlse impresAnother incident occurred when Farrar ter is under-utilized get portralal ofthe qualityofthe school. sions.lhere canbe a stigmaaboutaskingfor scootedoff her wheelchaironto the floor to Glotabachattributes common misconcepfrom the center,Farrarsaid. into a.bathroon stall becausean ablebodied accommodations penon wasin tlrc disabledstall.

Bothwomenarecorunittedto buildingaware tionsaboutMehoto its openenmllmentpolicies.

'I loon' others like the disabledstalls be- nessaboutthe centerandthe diverse. individu- He said peoplesometimesequateopen enmllmentwith poor academicstanda^rds. cuue thdre big," shesaid,"but I like them be- alizedneedsofthosetheyhelp.

'There get Fa,rar 0verall, both Glotabachand \{rylie felt tfte to causeI don't haveto crawl on the floor t0 area lot of misconceptions," uservices, supports ardit was a pmitive stcp for Meho. fteir on[ said,andthen emphasized, tfte toilet.' just do not comprcmise any- concernis t}tat Metro take full advantageof the It's lack of courtesy, education and and accommodations datain orderto challengeboth students'andthe awareness, shesaid, SecDISllIf,) or I 'Ihe disabledare the only minority anpne public'sperception.

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ago. CDOT tlen beganPromodng it statewide,and in 1995 the Denver RegionalCouncil of Governmentsbegan helpingthe area'scitiesand countieslink their individualeventsrogether.Bike to Work Day is celebratedin miny communitiesalongthe Front Rangeand in the mountains,but our region'sevent is the largestin the shte.

The Auraria Campus will have a Bike to Work Day breakfast station located on the patio of the PEREventsCenter.

This breakfast station is labeled n23 on the Denver Regional Council of Government's official site mao. The

breakfaststationwill provide bagels,fruit, iuice, water, and coffee.In additionto the refreshmenc. pafticipants will have an opportunity to win cool prizes such as t-shins, water bottles, heath assessments, and much more' CompusSponsors; CompusRecreotion ot Aurorio,StudentAurorio Health Advocates.

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lWelve Chineseeducationofficials and uni\â‚Źlr$ administratorsvisited Metro on June l3 aspart ofa two-weektour of the UnitedStates.

I'treir visit was sponsoredby the U.S. Depafiment of tduration and coordinatedby the National Conrnittee on United States-China Relatioru, or NCUSCR-a nonprofit educational o4anization that prcmotesa grcater understandingof both countriesby their citizens.

BetsyZeller,director of the Office of Sponsored Programs,coordinatedthe delegation'svisit.

Accordingto the NCUSCR,the purposeof the visit wasto providethe membersof the delegatioru-whoareftom the westernprovincesin tfte People'sRepublicof China-with a geater understandingof the highereducationrystemin America,mainly the federal and statesgovernments'mles in higher education.the delegates are interested in issuesranging from the role of the federal governmentin financing higher educationto the state'srole in hiring and firing persormel.

'The United Statesis currently leadingthe world in higher education,"said Zheng Zhen, leaderof the Chinesedelegationand vice chairman of the \4brking Committeein the Department of Educationir the NingxiaAutonomous Regionof China.'Ihat iswhywe are$ad to come hereandlearnftom you(the U.S.)."

Metro hesident Stephen Jordan opened the visit by welcomingand introducing all the membersofthe Chinesedelegation.Jordanthen presentedan ovewiewof highereducationin the UnitedStatesversusthat of China. @Metro reportedthat accordingto Margot Landman,NCUSCR'S senior director of educational programs,achievinga higher education in Chinais a rather difficult task. Studentsonry haveoneopportunityto gain adrnissionto either a collegeor universityin China"Onlythosewho obtain a high scoreon a national academicexamirution attend college.The delegationwas especiallyinterestedin Metro'smodifiedenrollment policy.

"Let me take a momentto explainthis rclative to what I understandto be the Chinesepractice," Jordan said. "lMhereyou (China) have a veryrigorow setof examinratiors for admissionto university,we in the United Stateshavea series of national stantladized tests that are usedfor determiningadnissiors. The very highestqualiflen on the examstlpically go to the research universities.' uAsyou movedovmthe re$onal comprehensive universities and state colleges,the score doesnot haveto be as high on the iest. This is one of the characteristicsI think that nakes Americanhigher educationunique and provides broaderopportunityfor admission."

Jordan describedthe hierarclry of higher educationin.Coloradoand Metm'spositionwithin that hierarchy.He focusedmainly on Metro's missionand its modifiedopeneruollmentpolicy.

Metro is rcquired to admit ary student20 years of ageor older that hasa high schooldiplomaor GEDand is a Coloradoresident.Any studentin this categoryis ableto attendMehr regardlessof test scoresor previouscollegee:perience.

Ahis characteristic,we sqy, makes Meho Statetl|e institution ofopportrmity,"he said.

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Jbrdon June l3 ouhide cords withlttlelro President Stephen Zhong director uffoirs intheShoonxi Province, exchonges business Chongboo, ofstudent Jordanassuredthe delegatesihe lack of ffi academiccredentialsnecessaxy for admittance doesnot necessarilymeanthesestudentswill do poorly.Accordingto Jordan,thesestudentsare socommittedto gettingan educationand changing their economicstatus,theyplacea significant amountof effort into their academicprogram.

"So,we believethat what is importantis not what the credentialsare cominginto the college, it's what we do to transform the studentwhile they arr at the college,"Jordansaid. hovost and vice presidentof academicaffain RodoHoRocha followed and discussed Metro'seconomicimpactin the Denverarea.Accordingto Roch4 a numberof studentsat Metro are first generationcollegestudentswho come from Derwer'sworkingclass.He saidurbanirstitutions suchas Metro havethe responsibilityof transformingthe lives of the studentsenmlled, and moreimportant\ythe livesoftheir oflspring. this, in tum, changesa minimum wageearner to one who makesa salaryand givessomething backto the comrnunity.

'We now haveproduceda newer classthat will return resourcesto the familyof Denver,"Rocha said. {his hansformationtlut takes place enhancesthe lives not just of this first-generation citizenry,but ofall the peoplein Denver.'

In the next session,Ken Keller, associate deanofthe Schoolof Letterq Arts and Sciences, gavea brief history of Metro and the Aura.ria campus.SandraHayneqdean of the Schoolof

ProfessionalStudies,spokeaboutfacultyinvohement on campus,requirementsfor ernployment, aswell as the hiring pmcess.Shealsodiscussed the recruitmentprocessfor bringingin new faculty members.Deanof the Schoolof Letten, Arts and SciencesJoan Fosterdiscussedthe process in which tenure is grantedto Metro pmfessors, Erick Erickson,prolessorof economics,sumnarized the salariesof Metm professorscompared to the national average,and also comparedfaculty salariesin the United Statesto salariesin other professions.

Auraria ExecutiveVice President for Administration DeanWolf led the delegationon a half-hourgolf cart tour of the Auraria campus.A lunch sessionfolloweddirectly after.

After somesmall technical difficnlties the final sessionbegan.The sessioncoveredlarious issuesaboutstudentlife on campusaswell asthe manystudentservicesthat a.realailable on campus.Someofthe issuesdiscussed were retention services,and Metro's goal to try and retain as manystudentsaspossibleandprovidethemwith everythingthey needto succeed. "\[e believeit takesan entire collegeworhng togetherto tâ‚Źacha student,"said ZavDadabhoy, assistantvicepresident0f studentseMces.

DouglasSamuels,vice presidentof student seMces; Judi Diaz-Bonacquisti,associatevice presidentof eruollnent senices;JoharmaMaes, associatedean of student life; and Dadabhoy wereamongthe speakersfor the final session.

left immediately aftcrthefiThedelegation andheadedt0 DerverIntemational nal session thefnal Airportto catcha flightto Ins Angeles, touroftheU.S.their tour stopontheirtwo-week D.C.,andtheytraveledto beganin Wa.shington beforccomingto Denver.

Theyvisil Minneapolis anduniversities, andalso edananqyof colleges agencies andnonvisitedfederalgovernmental governmental organizations innhed in forning policyfor highereducation According to Zeller,larry Da:<, thercprrsenwhoacctmpanied the tativefromthe NCUSCR werc delegation ontheirtour,saidthe delegates bythe sessions ofrertdandbyMetm impressed itsâ&#x201A;Źlf.

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printouts moycoststudents Excessive Ey lhte lohnson iolatlry@nscd.edu A Metro committee comprisedof students and faculry, in co4junction with the Intemet Technologrlab, is in the processof constructinga policymeantto help eliminatepaperwastein the Metm computerlabs.

Pendingthe committee'sdecision,students may soon be limited to how many printouts they'reallowedto makeeachsemester, Vicepresidentof Internet T€chnolo$IGeorge Middlemistsaid this moveis not to proflt ftom students.He said 80 percent of studentsprint fewerthan 200pagesof materiala semester-an amounthe feelsis perfectlyreasonable.

Hisconcernlies with whathe refersto as"the outliers" in the statistics.Accordingto him, one studentlast yearprinted morethan 20,000pages period. within a three-month But manystudentsfeel that instancesof paper abuseare rare, and that Metro shouldnot punishstudentswho in fact needlargeramounts rcasors. of printjobsfor academic "Who'sto saywhat'swasteful,"saidMetroStudent Ilusiee Brian Glohbach."If a studenthasa legitimat€academicreasonto print 800pagesin a semester,I don't seethat aswaste.I seethat as this studenthas an academicload that required hirn to print 800pages,and if they're legitimaie academicprint jobs,then it's not waste."

Glotzbachnoted that studentsa.realready payirg $80a semesterfor lab use.

He isn't the only one opposedto accessfees he saidmaylimit somestudents'ability to attend Metro.

"Eightydollarsper studentwouldbeplentyof

moneyfor them to let us haveas manyprintouts a.swe want, so I thinl<additionalchargeswould be pretty stupid,"said Metro fteshmanRich Wilhelrn,19.

Glotzbach saidthat numbersspeakfor themselves,AccordiRgto statistics he and his colleagueshavegathered,a studentcouldprint out 500pagesin the labfor a retailpriceof $9.95.He alsosaidone ink cartridgefrom Hewlett-Packard is goodfor 30,000pa4esol print, and a ream of paper(500sheets)runsfor $4.95.

Middlemist aclcrowledged the relatively low cost of printing, but reiterated that money is not the issue.He said his objectiveis to make studentsmoreawareofthe amountof print jobs they perform.Middlemistpointedout that many otherschools,includingUCD,alreadyhare paper usagepolicies in place,and that he is conident the Metro studentsand faculty appointedto ihe committeewill takethe needsof all studentsinto consideration.

"0ur goalis actuallynot to makea dine," Middlemistsaid.'Wedon'twant to makean)'thing."

He said while studentsdo pay an $80 persemesterfee, much of that moneygoesto other thingsin the lab, includingthe purchaseof computers,softr,vare andthe current networks.

Metm sophomoreDanielFowleragreessome printing reformsare in order.

"What we pay for IT servicesgoes into so muchstuff that mqvbethey shoulddo a separate fee for printing so we loow exactlyhow much we'repayingfor that," saidFowler,20.

Hesaid if Metrois goingto chargeextrafor a certainamountof printjobs, he'dratherpaya fee at the beginningof the semesterthan get stuck with a bill later on.

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printed>1000pages 350students 40 studentsprinted>2000pages C 1 studentprinted2I,962pages Student Government Assembly President JackVfulieis alsoconcemedthat a sersibleplan be put h place.He saidthat if feesare assessed, they should encompassonly the price of paper and ink. He said studentsshouldbe chargedat cost, and the proposalshouldbar any revenue

fiom reachingIT. The committeewill continue to hear concernsfrom both sidesof the debatenowthrough the endofJuly,at whichtime theyaresetto make their recommendation.

inColo.DISIBI,EI) Billpromotes boords biportison By ltatelohnson iolatlry@nscd.edu

Owens'Deputyhess SecretaryNateStrauch said the bill will benefit Metro by ensuringthe board will incorporalea diverserange of opinIn a moveboth StudentGovemmentAssem- ions. Owens'goal, Strauchsaid, is t0 halt a hably hesident JackWylieand studenttrusteeBri- bitual cyclein which governorsappointihe vast anGlotzbachcall surprising GovemorBill Owens mqjority of board membersin accordancewith signedlegislationthat will restructurethe politi- their ownpolitical aligrunent.

At present,boardsin most Coloradoinstitucal makeupof the MetroBoardof l}ustees. political parity Underthe bill, the boardcan tions are comprisedalmost entirely of Republi.haveno rnorr than a one-personadvantageof cans,Owens'political party. membersof the governor'spolitical party filling Glotzbachsaidregardlessof party affiliation, the seats.ThismearuRepublicanboardmembers the board'soverallperformancehas been good, BruceBenson,Ann Riceand Alex Cranbergwill He is especiallypleasedwith their decisionto not beeligibleto return to the boardafter the end hire Metro PresidentStephenJordan.Glotzbach of their cunent terms h March. saidhe is impressedwith the job Jordanis doing

and credits hin with givingMetro a presenceat the Capitol, r€sulting in the acquisitionof millionsofextradollarsfor the school.

Wie ageed that political afrliation doesn't necessarilydictate behavior.He said that while the political paxif bin is a good idea, people shouldn'tbebroughtinjust becauseoftheir party affiliation.

"I think people,whenthey docomeor areappointedto theseboards,needto put asideDemocrat, Republicanandfocusonwhat'sgoodfor the school and goodfor the studentsregardlessof what their political a.ffiliationis,' Glokbachsaid. "l don't think that shouldreally haveanybearing on howyoudoyourjob in rururinga school."

one'seducationexperience."

Thesestudentswork just as hard as others do,shesaid.

Accordingto Esser,strugglingstudentsmay not realize they may have a leaming disability.

The center recognizesthe needfor ouheachto get more disabledstudentsto utilize available sewices. "li is the students' responsibility to initialf seekout services.No one in our office is aware of your needed accommodationswhen you enroll in school unless you contact our office," states the access center's Web site.

Farrar is helping the center plan an anareness buildingeventthis 0ctober. want it to be a big event,onewherepeo"14/e ple havefun but learn too," Farrar said. "l used to be called crippled,' tr'arrarsaid, then disabledand now in Wylie'sopinion,includearticulation,assertive- "then it washandicapped, it's disabledperson." nessand orgudzation.the most impodant trait Shesaid she v'ants to be seenas a Derson to him is an excellentcommandof the student governmentconstitution and bylaws,as well as first and disabledsecond. the ability io direct meetings,suchaspausingfor "Being in a wheelchairis a pa^rtof me that I accept and acknowledge,"she said. "lt's imdiscussionwhennecessaryand lcrowingwhento put the word 'person'as part of the portant to move0n. label." ftlie hopesto appointsomeonefrom withh government.

The accesscenter is located in the Auraria He it's important the student said position has library, suite 116.Studentscanleam moreabout with someonewho to him to fill the prior ex?erience. the center at httpy'/www.mscd.edu/-access, or "I considerthis the most important position by calling 303-556-8387. we have,"W$ie said.

vocont seqtremcins SGAVicePresident Byf,atefohnson iotatlry@nscd.edr Almost two months after the Student GovernmentAssemblyelection,the position of vice . presidentremainsunfilled. '.!!'edo not want to rushthroughthis andjust in to flll the seat,"SGAPresident bring somebody JackWyliesaid."\{'ewantto mal<esurewegetthe right person,sothat'swhatwe're goingto do."

Accordingto SGArules,in the eventof a wcancythe presidentis solelyresporsiblefor filling the seat.Thereis no applicationprocess,and anyoneinterested in becomingvice president

maygodircctly to W$ie for consideration.

Wylie attributes the !"cancy to a lack of lmowledgeabout what the position entails. He saidthat while therewascompetitionfor the senate seatsand the presidency,peoplemight have shiedawayfrom runningfor vicepresidentdueto anbiguityin thejob description.

The vice president'sjob duties include sitting as the chair of the StudentAdvisoryBoa.rd, which overseesmore than $2 million in student feesdistributedto multiple studentsewices.The vice presidentalsoacts as the representativefor the executivebmnchto the senate.

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The Cherry Blossom Festival, or Sakura Ma$uri as it's kirov*n inJapan, is a traditional Japanese celebration that welcomes the blos-

sgmingof the drerry h€esknown assakuras. *The fesuv:il.bbgan in DenverinJune 1973, of Sakura gightmonthsafterthc constru",t'on,

Square. Now in iC a4e ye.t, thq festival has become the foremost celebration.olfapanese culn:re aind.community in Denver. ' On Jrme 17-18,people of all ages biaved the hot weather b enjoy a plethora of acfivities ranging fiom live entertainment to viewing exhibitions.

place concurrently.

The stretch of l-awrence Sheet between l9d and 20b was blocked off to allow space for the live performances and vendor boot}s. ln the marketplace, vendon sold an as sortnent of goodr from paintings and anim6 to kimonos and T*hirts. Though the majority of the booths wereJapaneseihemed, tliere were also several Pan-Asian vendors.

On stage, a rirmber of difierent groups performed danceg martial arts and traditional Japanese music. Among the crowd favorites were the taiko performances.InJapan, the taiko, or "great drum," was considered to be sacred in villages and was wed to ward off bad spir{s. In times of drought, it was believed the thunderous sound of the drum would force the spirit of the rain to acL Joyce Nakata Kim, a rnember of Taiko with Toni, said when she started taiko, it was

a way to commemorate her Asian heritage.

Inside the Denver Buddhist Temple, people filled the gymnasium to sample a variety of Japanese cuisine. Dishes such as teriyaki chicken and sushi were available as well as more exotic fare. Soam musubi is a Hawaiian version of cooked sushi.Rather than using fistr, it featuresslices of marinated Spam.

"Ids a bar of .soap.' vohmteer Marion Miyagishimajoked, "brit it tastesgood."

Across the hall in the Hondo. or main temple room, there was an exhibition of ikebanq the art of flower arranging, from the Ohara School of lkebana. Just beyond that, Buddhism leLnres were held.

Downstairs in the beer garden, vendors sold Kirin beer while karaoke played in the background.

In the adjacent room, there were demonsh'a.tionsof bonsai bee bimming and calligraphy.

Across the haII, visitors rvere heat€d to a traditionalJapanese Leaceremony. During rhe quietly beautifirl ritual, Mark Glass narrated. "[Of the 250 rules of lea ceremoniesl,the four most imporiant are wa, kei, sei and jaku. [or] harmony, resped purity and tranquility," Glass said.

On Saturday nighl Obon was celebrated.

In Buddhissr, it is believed the departed rehrm to Earth every year. Obon is the commemoration of tris rehrm. Meq women and children perfor.med a dance called the Bon Odori. Many were dressedin kimonos.

Traditionally, the Obon is celebrated in July and the Cherry Blossom Festivalin early Apnl, but for convenience, and to compensate for Colorado's unpredictable weather, the two were merged.

After 34 vean. the festival has started a hadition of its own. Steve Shiramizu has been attending ever since he was a toddler. Now 37, he has a child of his own who is following in his father's pafh.

"I'm starting him up," he said.

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The month ofJune is reserved for Pride in Gaydom.

For the moment, I'll spare you all the juicy details of how this came to be. I rvill, however, indulge in a little bit of an anecoore.

I won't lie. Since I began writing my column focusing on the gay lifestyle, I secretly hoped for some hate mail, a confrontation on qrmpus perhaps. The worst that ever

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"No one caxes that you're gay. Just like one cares that I like boobies!" He exclaimed. lhe tragic mess went on to_ to suggestthat _ The I no longer rl@ -y column. He_opined it was_awaste-of 9ur newsprint and his time.

I thought I'd relish in the momenl I thought it would. fuel my-ffre. It did, a litde bi! but more and more, I became_sick to my stomach.I grew w-orried,and saddencd. that point, poinl I realized realized people people do do care care . At ry th"t

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I\,Iv friend Mr. Nlce Guy and I-recently rook a pilgrimageto Pueblo.There, nueruerl dr-ki"S *tttr mv father and a felv other Fiends6f m1'brother.

I approached a new girl, hanging out with mr.; brother's best tsiend, and cailed her "honey." .She My father promprly ' correctedme. has a name," lie said.

I knew that But what I didn't knorv was why my father was trying to silence :e my gay tongue. Sure, his intentions were good. good.

Ho*"rrur, the tâ&#x201A;Źrm "honey" is as corirnon ,.dud'e" ln the sbaight in the gay - - world as world.

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For vears I have exoressed and celeorareq my queer rdenory. r o me. queer is a complete rejection of a gender binary that forces us to decide whether we are male re no1qskpd.to-ke6p quiet.E1', _..whgn.they t$ f* g.l. The anonymousme.ssg1geL. or shaight, and so who clicln't who didn't leave leave a return return number-maybe number-maybe eryday erydaywhen when they're they'renot not encouraged to use use other blackor-w'hite identities. To be queer "n"o*"g.d cared the mosl thLir normal voice. Everyday tfiey're not is to bust out of the sociallyconskuctedbox The old adage-goes,_"I don't ,care if asked to stop calling somlon-e "duie." Ev- that is gender and allow human attaction you're gal just don't act like it in public." eryday theytre allowed to breathe, speak; and gender expression !o be based on what Ouch. think'and act as they are-straight-wihout feels good to us. and fear of being silenced. .._ _Moleover, a new -acquqntalce -asked, repercussion With a queer identity came an onslausht "J\Qy do Say Cuys tulk ym a -Lsp? Why Everv time someone triei io stop my of abuse Lbusehom h6m my -v pe"r. peers that began beean in ihe don't you u"e your normal ^voice?" thoughts, my words, my actions, they ar'e sixth grade. People threw bras aJ al me in the Normal. Normal voice? Do you mean $dng to stop me. When someonesaysno hallway, hallwav. referred to my mv best friend and me shaight voice? one iares that I'm garv,they're saying they as "closet perverts" and frequendy afiempted Those aforementioned knots in my don't care about mi.'Wheir som6one asks to staxt ffghts. I did not know exacdy what stomach come back just thinking about iL why I speak with a lisp, they ask why I speak bo tell my parents, or anyone else for that There were ffve of us fags in the room at a]l. When someoni tells me to siop refer- matter.

Qyeer was a hard thing for me to when the question wg pos9d. After some ring to someone as honey, they telLme to understand in those days and it was even debate, we_conclude-d the lisp was in fact stop referring to people, cbmpletely.

'The more difficult to exolain. our normal voice. All of us being out and moie ." society and ourA few years after the trauma of public "llo* in the co:npany of tsiends.we had nothing selvesto quesrion our thougha, our voice, schools has wom off, I am surrounded by to hide. There was no reason for us to cen- our words, the more we allow ourselves to a communi$ of queen, gender benders, sor ourselvesthrough topic or dialecL Sure, not be recognized.The more we lose, the t-ansfolk and enough expressions and orisome of us were more feminine in tone than more you loie. entations to fill the rainbow. They work tireothers, but by and large we all had a Iimp Pride isn't about being in-your-face- lesslv io subven dominant stereotypes and wrist in our voice. queer. It's about being us and relishing in paradigms through zines, volunteering for Our voice isjust thal ours. It is real. It is tire fact rhat we do caie, that we do haie a crisis lines, talking to classrooms, confrontgenuine. No more or less so than that of a lisp, - and that we do have a voice. ing hate speech and being open about their Texan or New Yorker.

And lve won't be censored - or lives. From thesepeople I have been incredNot one to beat a botde of glue, allow ashamed. ibly inspired and educated.

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Yet every year when hide Festweekend rolls up, I ffnd myself having an enormous dilemma. While I have a bemendous amount of pride in myself and my community, I fail to relate to t}le activities that celebrate Denver's lesbian, bisexual, transgender, gay and oueer cornmuniues. hide occurs everv year in late June or earlyJuly. It is slated to be the corunemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in which New York's LGTBQ cornmunity retaliated for homophobic police violence. When police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popuJar homo hangoul and began beating folls who resisted arrest, a massive resistancebe-

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nuclea,rarr6 negoftafions On April ll, 2006, Iran tlnew a party.

Speaking to . his countrymen and the world-while Iranian scientisb danced in the crowd, chemical test ubes aloft-Iranian ftesident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared his nation had "joined the club of nuclear cor.mEies.' With thd armouncemenl Iran launched ieelf to the forefront of foreign policy discussionswith an American adminishation intent on being remembered for its foreign. policy.

At the end of Mav. Condoleeza Rice proposed talks with lan-an option neither county has explored in over 25 years. The idea for tal}s came about because of the rea.lization that Rice had after visiting with foreigr rninisters in Berlin that, according to the New York Times, the "coalition against Iran was at risk of falling apart."

Talks are a good idea" but don't break out the charnpagneyel The WashingtonPut says the U.S. will ofler a choice to Iran between "improved intemafional relations and a relatively painfirl isolation," and that nmost likeln the regime (Iran) *i[ try t" dodge the choice...orreject it all together.'This is almost certainly a conclusion the Bush administration has considered as well; if so, it begs the ouestion: Is the U.S. more interested in diplomauc relations with han, or speeding up the timetable for military action? An important questior\ considering that if diplomacy and the threat of sanctiors fail, fte United Stateswill likelv strike Iranian nuclear facilities-possbly with nuclear weapons.

According to an April article by Seymour M. Hersh in TheNew Ymker, a former senior intelligence ofrcial said the planning for this eventuality "is enormous." The official "depicted the planning as hectic, and far beyond the contingency work that is routine ly done.z The nuclear ootion "oresented 0o tire White House this winter," Hersh reports, "calls for the use of a bunker-buster-tactical nuclear weapon...against rmderground nuclear sites," 'fite International Herald Trilune, in re sponseto talk of a U.S. strike, laid out "four

giving away walking-around money to ethnic hibes, and recruiting scouts from local tribes and shepherds." According to Hersh. the oftcial said the main goal is to "'encourage et}nic tensions' and undermine the r+ gime." This fact points to the possibi.lity the administration is maybe not as eager to use nuclear weqlons as it saysit is-nor, maybe, as eager to conduct talls.

A showdown between the United States and Iran has been brewing for decades.BeGEOFWOLLER\IAN tween the CIA overthrow of Iran's govemmnlle.tm@msaledu ment in 1953,and the ,144day hostage crisis in 1979€1, U.S.-Faniur relalions in the 20s compelling reasonsonot to atrackban. With- cenh:ry have been hrmultuous, to say the out arr imminent dreat, the Tribune satd, the leasL honically, the United Statessold Iran act would arnount to rrnilateral war; this de- its ffrst nuclear researchreactor in the 1960s, cision would almost certainly lead to rnore encour€ing the then U.$friendly dictator.lifficulties in Iraq; oil prices would climb ship to participate in the wonders of atomic higher; and America would become an energy.

Then in 2002, President Bush declared even more likely target for terrorism. These are honest and imDortant observations. 72a Iran part of "an axis of evil," alongside Iiaq Hindu said thq negbtiations "must be uncon- and North Korea- In ffi3. a Time headline ditionat' and The Scattle Timessaid to give reported Iran was moving "closer to operathem "enough time to get establishedbefore tion of a hcility to enrich uranium," and in 2004 the Wall StreetJounal editorial page, [they are] premahrely declared a failure."

But, with the war in Iraq continuing un- citing "yet another damning reporf on Iran's abated and the war against terrorism show- continuing nuclear program, lambasted dre ing limited ald slow successes,deterring administration and the intemational commuIran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is nity for "treating it all as a mater of indifferperhaps the last chance the Bush adminis- ence." Now, instead of preventing a hypo tration has to redeem itself. ff Bush fails to thetical situation. Bush is faced with the task prevent Iran's nuclear ambitions, he will fail of posQoning indeffniteln a realistic one.

A nuclear Iran means an unstable in one of his cenbal post-9/ I security goals: preventing, as he put it in his 2002 State of Middle East, and an unstable Middle East the Union Address, the "regimes who seek is not good for the world. It would mark a chemical, biological or nuclear weapons new aggressivetack in Bush administralion from threatening the United States and the policy-and would put the United States in a whole new category of superpower, one world." Bush will not let the opporh,rnity b act slip through his hands---evenif it means that preemptively uses nuclear weapons to establish world oeace. going to war.

American f6reigr policy might not be It is lmpossible to ignore *rat what the .

Bush adminishation really wants to see in popular right now--or ever\ at times, logiIran is regime change. Nor is the Bush ad- cal-but the United Statesneeds to continue minishation ignoring the possibility. Accord- diplomacy that would prevent Iran from obing to civilian employees in the Pentagon taining nuclear weapons.And it should think whom Hersh talked witlu American combat twice about using ib own nuclear weapons if troops are in Iran 'sh.rdying the ten'aiir, and talls don't work.

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ZOEo Pride bew are)theboozeis poison Continued from 10 gan. For five night, New York was rocked by rioting condemning hetemsexisrn and One of the t'aditions that have since carried on is an annual national kide Festival involving entedainment, a parade, rallies and padies.

Iast year at kide, amid the explosion of rainbowg pink tsiangles, purple rhinos, gliuer, fea.drerboas, elaborate floab, Ilannel and leather. I found the usual and much appreciated gmups collecting signahres, inviting people to support groups, educating about AIDS, distsibuting condoms and dental dams, as well as firndraising for charity.

Sadly, they struggled 0o stick out from the merchandise stands,concession booths and smafiering of corporafe logos.

Car dealerships, banls, liquor companies, real estate agents,cable providers and dozens of other companies had barurers Ayr"S i" numbers greater than the rainbow flags. Every flat nrface had a Iogo on iL High above the rest and suffocating all of the Pride Fest perimeten was the mighty

Coors beer logo: hide Fests largest ffnancial soonsor. ioors is a beer company with homopho bia rooted deep in its pbilosophy. While many folks will point to the benefft that LG BTQ employees at *re brewing company can receive. one must also look at where Coors sends ib dollar power. The Coon beer company funds the Heritage Foundation, a far-right think ta*. Jeftey Coon, whose company provides C.oorswith all of ib packaging, is also a board member of the Free CongressFoundation.

The FCF created the nofion of the "homosexual agenda" and has published heterosexist propaganda like the pamphlet "Ga1s, AIDS and You." The Coon family has long funded campaigns that express far right and homophobic viewpoinb and ffght against equal marriage rights.

What is next, the Cinco de Mayo celebralion endorsing Tom Tancredo?

The Coon sponsorship of hide needs to be seriously evaluated, as Denver's queers .rx,egeting scammed. Hundreds of kegs worth of terrible beer will be tapped empty by folks who are wishing that some-

day they will be able to legally marry their partrer and have their maxriage recognized by the govemmen! meanwhile, by drinking said beer, they will be funding some of their lead opposition.

In rry queer community, we have fought long and hard not only againsthomophobia but against sexism, racism and corporat€ takeover. To rejoice in the pride I have for these people t}rough a Coon-qponsored event does not sit right with me. After all, the love I have for my favorite queers has nothing to do with cheap cornmemorative merchandise, new bank accounts and boozing.

Honesdy, I will probably end up going to hide, or at least some part of it Some of my friends are lacking in my cynicism towards the event and have a pretty good time. Other friends usually ffnd a way to cut into the parade with a "You Can't Sell Qreei" or "Stonewall Was A BJoP sign to shake up the squares.I will whine and pout for a while about how much better the event could be, but know that nonetheless,at least we have something.

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A.la.s, AnthonyKiedis'brashvocals,Flea'spounding plaintiveguitar lines and Chad bass,John Frusciante's Smith'sthunderingbeatsdid not inspirethe awe,the admirationor the resoundingemotionthey did when I was14.

It is not entirelyfor nostalgiaIhat Arcad,iuntfalls short;2002's,Bythe Wagmarkeda muchbiggerdeparture anda muchmoresignificant$'atershed for the band thanthe latestrelease.

The albumis a spralvlingeffort to easeinto musical

middleagerith maturitywhile retaininga healthydose of insouciance.

The band makesan admirableeffort to cram all of their most diverseand deepesteffortsinto the spaceof thesetwo discs.It seemsthe Peppershave fallenshortin their earnestattemptto createtheir masterpiece,their orvn'\,vhitealbum."

The resultsare mixed.The doublealbumboastsan equal amountof hits and misses,falling short of the band'smostmemorableminturesof tenderballadryand hard, in-your-facefunk. Still, the album is impressil'e in its sheerscopeand ambition.The 28 tracks run the gamut0fthe Peppers'soundsandabilities,skippingfrom

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Songslike 'He/ and "If carry the Pepper's trademarklilt that is, in pa.rt,responsiblefor someof their mostdurableradiohits. guitarretainsits poetictoneand Frusciante's cadence,as Kiedis'wordscontainan udikely anountofsensitivityanddeptlr"Simila,rly, rousing and brashtuneslike Tell Me Baby"and "Dani California"spotlight Flea's unbridled rhythmsa bassslapsandSmith'scacophonous la *GiveIt Awaytand{ LikeDirt.'

All thefamiliarelements arein placehere, buttheexecution somehon'falls short,Stadiilxn Arcad,iamcertailldfhasits moments offamilia.r fiu* anda,frecting depth,butthereis nobreathtakingirmovation or freshness.

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eatingO,tterPops,thenbreaksinto a rapaboutwhichflavor is the best.Whiletheydoventureinto othertopics, theycontinueto gobackto the difrerentcolorsofthe foozenpops,maldngthis songthe perfectjinglefor anOtter Popscornmercial. 'fire BrianCrewsShoC'is a trackthat getsa tad anthe noying.Featuringbeatboxinganda sin$edrumbeat, rnainlyrics"My nameis Brianand I like fishing,"wear the nervesdown,but luchly this irack is an anomalyon thealbum.

I Can't, Theirrapsaren'tintenseor serious;hwever, HearYauWhmI m Doncing:Bedurofrenfin, light and for airy songs,makingit the perfectsummersoundtrack drivingwith thewindowsdownona 90-degeeday.

It's hard to imaginehip-hopwithoutfirst picturing stereosburnpingraps tricked-outrideswith heavy-hitting womenandgettingcrunledup.However, aboutbig-booty for FairmountFair,buttsandcmnksrarelyenterthepicture.

Thefocusoftheir songsonI Con'tHearYoulllvn I'm Darwing:ReduavariesfromOtterPopsto fishing;microphonesto rapping.they embracethe sillinessthat most rapor hip-hoplacks.

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Dunlop forMelro deqlo slqm'dunk Coachcontinuesto seeksuccessr,vithRoadrunnersbasketballteam He even used to attend practi.cesof former Temple head coach John Chaney's practices to leam the ins and outs of coachIn today's culture of championships as ing. the only measureof successin sports,coachCurrendy, Dunlap is alsoworking as an es are forced to win immediately or face the assistant coach with the Men's Under-l8 wrath of the administration, the booster club USA Basketball team.

He works as a court coach and loves the and the fans.

Coaches aren't given ample time and experience to help out his country not only tools to create a winning organization, and on a national level but al intemational level they face the ax if their wins are fewer than as well. their losses.

"I think it is really good becauseI wantSince head coach Mke Dunlap arrived ed to leam a lot in being in that envirounent in Denver nine yearsago, the Mea:o baskec with that kind of talen!" Dunlap said. ball tearn venh:red far from such coaching "Secondln you are around really good issues. coaches and if you can contribute on the The tradition will continue for the Road- level of fying to assistintemationally with runners, after signing Dunlap to a fiveyear the competition, then you can feel really good about those things." extensionthrough the 2011season.

Dunlap may be giving his time and "The majority (of coaches) are under ffre," Dunlap said. "I am fortunate to be on knowledse to the efforb of the USA team the other side of that ledger and I tlink it but knois his Mebo squad is a year-round allows you a mental fieedom where you can process,including the off-season.

He understands the learning never stops basically do what you need to do in the limited role you're in." and is always watchDunlap's r6sum6 includes two National Championships, four progrilm anrl win the whole theirplayers.

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Does the atl etic departrnent quesuon In giring Dunlap the $148,000annual salalv, the athletic deparhnent reaffirrned its his rnotives in possiblv waiting around until support of one of NCAA Dirision tr basker the right Division I school comes calling? ball's best coaches.

"Absolutely not"" McDermott said. "I "We are very excited he stayed," Met- think it is hard to take a program and win ro Atl etic Director Joan McDermott said the whole thing, bui it is harder to sustain thal There is already an elite group to win a about re-signing Dunlap.

"The last thing we wanted to do was national championship but to continue to be to have him leave. We are thrilled to have in that rnix year after ,vear is a very difrcult him sign the five-year deal and he means so task and it is even a smaller elite group to much for not only the basketball program, be a part of."

Dunlap said he would like to take that but the institute as well."

The move came after his current con- next steD to Division I if it made sense for hact expired, and rumors about Dunlap his farnily, but likes the marriage he has with possibly taking on the reigns of a Division-I Meho and believes it will continue to be so basketball team were a reality. There was in the coming yean.

With every season,old players move on talk of schools such as Pepperdine Univerand new players come in. But it has been silv taling him to the D-I spotlight.

"We thought about i!" Dunlap said. Dunlap who finds the strengths of his play"But we a.lsothought about staying here. It ers and adapb the game plan to continue was just about compare and contrast and it the successhe consistendybrings to cout was just better for us to be in this current "The fundamentals do not change, just the identity of the persorurel," Dunlap said. position." 'here is Dunlap said Division I is an opportu"I am not a big proponent of nity fiat will always be evaluated. He has our slstem and learn to play in iL' The wise been there before as an assistantcoach with coaches adjust to the talent they have and schools such as Southem Califomia, Iowa, they use that talent in a way that always brings out the best in their playen." and I-oyola-Marymount.