Volume 29, Issue 3 - Aug. 31, 2006

I seosonDEA Heuds upforsoccer denies foulployin

o'lnoils(ondq PAGT 5

INSIGHT

. ibillis@nscd.edu Photo bvleremv Eillis

Metro iunior midfielderJessicoBrownclimbsouerthe bock of St. Edword'sdefensivebock CynthioBenickto win o heoderAug. 27 ot AurorioField.HeodcoochDonnySonchezsoidhe wos pleosedwith theperformonce of boththethefreshmonoihletesond fie tronsferstudents, of Wyomingto be port of Metro'schompionshipsuchos Brown.Brownleft ihe University for the I -0 win - theirsecondvictory edgedouttheHilltoppers coliberteom.TheRoodrunners 2004. of theweekend ond continuedo winningstreokthotdotesbockto September

i I

SP(}RT 'Runner continue suc(ess PASI ?3 women 'Runner weekend bidPAGI men splil ?5

(ompus over-morketing ANDREW: ofRowdy loneor-beofing leods DEA locol Doily Comeru, tDlT0RlAL: money tompoign overolleged closh PAGE 8 FITTS AUDIO

lobefree: wonls Music

fteriseofthenetlobel PASI 20

2o lltllS

r IHfllElt0[tlTAll 8.31.06

1

Pickup your Student Handbookin Tivoli313 or many other offices aroundcampus.

rtt. t/

a

4

* :',' :,','

t-u '.tt

I ,

t'

.: .,,t

"'

ur6'":.t-'

it.7 ',,., .: :'.

:

t. .:

brutulity rullyoverpolice Protesters Copwatchdemands officermisconduct

reportsbe released

By Lou Christopher achrisZS@mscd.edu

been cut down to about a quarter of what they were,"Nashsaid.

The district attorney's office repLiedthat they are no longerthe departmentresponsible for an in-ilepthwritten reviewof officer-involved shootingsor simi.larmatters. The DenverManagerof Safetynow handlesthis processa.fteran administrativereview by the police department hastakenplace,saidLynn Kimbroughof the district attomey'sotfice.

The district attorney'soffice expeditestheir part of the investigationto moveit to the managerof salety so the processca.ncontinueon.

The malager of saletyis well behfudschedule andplansarebeingmadeto hire someoneto helperasethe backlog.Kimbroughsaid.

The malagerof safetycouldnot be reached lor comment.

Kimbroughalsonotedthe sizeof the reports comingout of t}le district attomey'sotfrcevaried becauseof the detail involvedin ar excessive forcecase.

IJoneofficershota rould of a.rnmudtion,ttre reportwould not containthe sameamountof ilformarionas a reportthat goesrntodetajlabout mr.rltipleofficersshootingmultiple rounds.

"They can do whateverthey want, is what it feels like," Max Absher,a protestorand CCD student,said regardingpotce accorntability.

That a policeofficeris not prosecutedby the district attomey'soffice doesnot meanthat the officer won't be punished,ald tlle district attomey'sofficeis only concernedwith criminal chargesbeingbrought agahst al officer for us ing excessiveforce,Kimbroughsaid.

The district attorney has prosecutedno Denverpoliceofficen in the last flveyears,Kimbroughsaid.

OfficerRa:rjal Fordwas not prosecuted for shooting and killing Fra* Lobato on July 11, 2004,but he was suspended witiout payfor 90 daysafter his actionswere deemedto violatethe police department'suse of force policy,a report from the managerof salety said.

The report concludedt}lat Ford's assessment of the tlreat posedby Lobatowas not objectively reasonableunderthe circumstances.

Fordwas at a houselookingfor anothersuspect when he and other olficers cameupon Lobato lying in bed.Accordingto the report, after

Citizensrallied the eveningof Aug. 25 to demandthat the DenverDistrict Attorney's Office increasepolice accor:ntabilityald to call for an endto policebrutality.

The protestors,led by DenverCopwatch, gatheredin front of the WellingtonE.WebbMunicipal Buildhg, rvhere the district attomey's officesare located.

DenverCopwatchis comprisedof volulteers who monitorpoliceactionsald engagethe public aboutlaw enforcement issues.

The American Civil Liberties Union has maderecent allegationsthat the district attorney has beenwittrholdhg infomation aboutpolice misconductcases.Theseallesationsroused the citizensto action.

Police accoultability in Denver is being questionedbecauseof this a:rd a lack of prosecutionagainstpoLiceottcers invoLvedi:r shootilgs or casesilvolvilg the use of deadlyforce.

0n Nov. 11, 2005, ThomasCharlesArmstrongwas beateninto a comaby a Denverpo' lice officer after police were called to the area while respondilg to a silent alarm.

The district attorney'sinvestigationinto ttre beatingis over "It's aleady been 10 montls since the district attorney has decidednot to prosecute, and the iriformationstill hasn't beenmadepublic,' said SteveNash,a nemberof DenverCopwatch.

Denverpolicecouldnot be reachedfor comment.

Nashsaidthe district attomey'sot0ceis not doing its job of holding police accountabiefor their actionsif no one caa seet!.e reportswritten aboutthe case.

He said a recent changein how the diskict attorney's office deals with police oificers that might have used excessiveforce, is they now hide the reports from the public.

"The changein policy is that idormation is no longerbeingmadepublicald the letters have SeeG0PWITGII Page ?

. gmoll4@myd.edu Photo byJmon Smoll

policebrutolity protests ol fie Webblrtunicipol buildVoneso(lo$ nomewilhheld) with hom blostsond thumbsing on Aug. 25. (ommulers showed fieir supporl policesot The dhtricl office, locoted intheWebb upwhile onfieofierside of(olfox. ottorney's building, h being occused by$eA([Uofwithholding informolion onpolire misronducl cosa.

Aher opolke deporlmenl ofsofefy. odminislrolive review, thecoses were tronsfened fiomtheDAtofiemonoger

olHI MflR()P0UTAtl 8.31.06

4.1{Rl5

VOLUME

You Work Hard ffa:"fi",?3rilX,,r

We'reAlwaysListening.

You'llalwaysfind an opendoor,a supervisorwtlen you needone,and plenty of respecther€at €chostart DISH Netvrork Our state-of-the-art Littleton and Thomton CustornerCalt Centersha!€ the foltowing rewErding opportunitiesavailable

l,ts+,, !i\iT

',iF;

(ttornton and Linteton)' Partrimepositions (Littletonon$

E$'i':ff

MSCD Faculty

Joinus in recognition of yourlaborsat the MetroState FacultyFederationPost-LaborDayCocktailParty

FultTlmepoiitions(Ih ornton and Liatleton). PartTimepositions(Liltleton only) MustspeakEngtish and oneor moreof the fotlowinglanguagesi

. Russian .i(orean. spanish

I"Llfl fki:,1,i:l"se

Wednesdry, Septernber 6, 2006 4zOO-7$0p*

. Armenian

Ihese full time positioismay inctudea differential.

You'll also receive:* . Ogportunityfor 1stYear22% BasePaylncrease . FrEeSatetliteTV Systemand Service

Brooklynts at the Pepsi Center 901 Auraria Parkway, Denver

' Medi.al,Dentat,Vision Plans . CareerTrdining& Adlancement

To qualify,you must havea highschootdiplomaor cED,and be at least18 yea6 of age.Yo|lshouldbe flexibteto trork nights,weekendsand holidays.Sales& tednical exgerienceprefurred. Candidatesmust successfullycompletepre-emplo)ment assessment.

(Our party will be to the right as you enter the door)

Stopin and applyMonday-Friday, 8am-spm, thorntoi C€nter 675 e 12,lthA/E Thanton, CO80241 (tocatedat l-25 & lzoth) call (3o3)2s2{dn

Come,talkwithcolleagues and havesomerefreshments.

Participate in our plansto promotesharedgovernance and budgetarytransparency.

Workwith us to restoretenureand protectthe curriculum.

titdeton tu€r 5701s' Sd|ta FeOi. litdEbn, COC)14) call (720)51,LZ21O

Or EmaiLcallcentercareeas@echostar.com !V€ are an EqualOppodunity Employer and are Commined to a D.lg-Free Workplace. ' ElUlbility requi.enenB

nay apply

M ETROPOLITAN STATE FACULTY FEDERATION Local6321of the AmericanFedention ot TeachersAFL-CIO msff6321 @aol.com

T\

Fall 2006

Groups,PersonalGrowth E Dirersity Workshops

METRO POLITAN STATE COLLEGE a/DENVER

CounselingCenteryTiooli 657

f

(s}g ssa-s132 (vlTTY). uxur.mscd.edul-counsel

V

Wlsdom-Dlchos t Cuentos

lay,November l5 . 3-4:30pm ri!ly!#'65 | I RussUrnraa,LC.S.W, & JaneYoung Psy.D, Po$-Dadt'otlntem & will "ave thc gpportunity to hear and Korenlockson,Ph.D., In this workhop, partrcrpants sharestories{ron Lalinoculture.Througfr story rellrngLarrnovalues. Attend this workhop to e wisdom, and cultural norns are passed&om one generationto raisinga child with ADHD t another Experiencethe lchness of story telling and learnthe core term course,and specilicpar (Childcarewill be provided.) valuesof Latinoculture.

Developlng Healthy

Wednesday, September 6 .

Mdlie Hill,Ph.D"& loneYoungPsy.D" Pa Thisworkhop will provrdethe oppr relationshipwith your partner or lea relationship In the futurc.

Mde Role Expectadons

Wednesday,Septemb€r l3 .

Stercn C. lee, Ptr.D.& Poul Sdrodler, Autorio This wod<shopwill focus on the messagesthat men get about societal

651 Heol& C,cntclst

Thursday,September 2l . 3.

SteranC.tee,Ph.D.& Nico8o&er, Thiswill be an opportunityto know? discusstlre processof coming

:-":::

Poverful

Mondry, October 2 . 3-a:30pm .

Kor€nJdcksoa, Ph.D.,& ADostdsid This wortshoo will discuss intellectualsCharlotte Perkins, They challenged the prevailing\ and critiquedmale domination, to take action for socialjustice of all

H""dllng

Anger C

Tu6dry' fuob€r 3 ' lnqa C.Lrr,,Ht.D,& &ry ln t}tis workhop, anSeIaSgresson,ano impact on your heahh and

Women' othergaymenon camn"sto

leam about men! socializaiionfor expression.Hear about tie

RussUrnia, LCS.W.,& Rebe&olr

ln this interacti\€workhop, I

Goil Bruce-Sonford,Ph.D-,& C-otherine

people of We will :6 that c from

to enhancetheir parenting.Learn behavior problems.and strategiesto how to resDondto their own needs effectivenesswith their

Aunria

C6 [

5tt) . 3.-{'l0pm .Tivoli 551 P.e-Doctorol ln'd,rn

who would like support and 's lssues.

.Tivoll 65 |

feminist Consclous Parcnthg : SangenTuesday, Octob€r 3 . r s roles Center

Oppresslon and People

G'L-B (Cray-tesbtrrn-Blsexud) Reladonshlps Group

'Tlvoli 65 | and often confusing Mondays (beginning S€pt mber I lttr) . l-2:30Pm Lee,Ph.D& Reb&d, I'llrrkheirrl',lAA, Prco.oraoml lnnm Swen C. of masculinity.

This is a support group focrsingon how we relateto ourselvesand our partners,which incluilesaWIDE rangeof topicsfor discussion.

Comlng Out of the

This workhop will focuson the be experiencingdifferentforms of strategiesfor addr€ssingor frustrationand hopelessness. and culturalbackgrounds.

MA., PreDnorol lnern both the joys and challengeiof more about the disorderrts longskillsto soVebehaviorproblems.

Men's

Academlc

Wednedry, Norember | .

. Auraria Early Learning

Early Learning

'I€pfdolglhrtf'm

hare the opportunity rstand your children's them. Parentswill leam they can maximizetheir will be provided.)

llMSr 5

8.31.06 IHtMBI0P0LTAN.

teom fundroising IopAuroilo Wolk inAIDS toporticipote E-mailallegedlyfrom drug agentaimsto defeatpot initiative EyDavtdPollar ard tror Gtristopher achris2li dpollar@nscd.edl, @nscd,Cr Conboversysurroundsan e-mail, allegedly ton an agrentin tle Drug EnforcenentAgency, looking for someoneto lead a campaignto defeat an initiative that would legalize marij"ana in Colorado.

The e-nail stateclthat Colorado'sMarijuana Information Conmittee was looking to hire a campaignmanagerto defeattle aforementioned hitiative. It also stated that the committeehas $10,000 readily available to launch the campaigna:rdhire a manager.

Interested candirlateswere told to contact DEA agent Michael Moore,and were given his work and cell phone numbers,as well as his U.S.Departnent ofJustice e-mailadtlress.

DEA public information ofEcer Susan IIalonen said the e-maildid not originate from tlte DEA andMicbaelMoorebadno prior howledge of ttre e-mail,despitehavingall his pertinentinformationand listing him as the contact.

Thereis tro $10,000and no campeignstartup originating from the DenverDEA office, accordingto Halonen.

SaferAlternative For Enjoyalie Recreation of Colorado.or SAFERCoiorado.startedthe ini-

By.fosielllenaicr illenaie@nscd.cdu tiative and were successfulil getting it on tlte Novenrberballot.

The e-mail h,s members of SAJ'ER outraged,claimingttre DEA shouldbe enlorcingtle law and not funding a campaignto overcomea stateievel initiative.

"This shouid concern everyone, because they (the DEA) are potentially breakingfederal law, accordingto ttre Hatch Act,' said Mason Tverl campaip director for SAFERColorado.

"People in Coloradoshould be upset tlat tle federal governmentis comingto the state and trying to preventit from makingits own laws."

The Ifutch Act regulates the political participation of executivebranchenployees.

The act was desiped to 'keep gwernment fron playing a roie that is influential in shaping policy,"said RobertlIazan, chair of ihe Political ScienceDeparbnentat Metro.

Accordingto the U.S.Officeof SpecialCounsel, the 'Ilatch Act reshicts tle political activity of executivebranchemployeesof tle federal government,District of Columbiagovernment and somestate and iocal employeeswho work in connectionwith federallyfundedprograns."

Amendmentsto the act in 1993, however, greatly increasedfederalemployees'abilities to participatein canpaigns.A selectfew high-lwel employeesstill remainu:rdertiglrt restrictions.

"I think tllat (the llatch Act) can be invoked,'Hazan said,regardingthe legitinary of SAFERColorado'scomplaint.

Even if tle e-nail origirnted from DEA sources,q/hich Halonensaid is not the case,"it

doesnot run afoul ol" tle latr. She addedthat the agentsare still citizens,and cantake part in personalfundraising.

"We dont havetle time or ttre money,"Halonen said. "lhe SAFER people have millionaires from Florida and New York that have the resourcesto fund tlis initiative."

Accordingto Hazan,if ttre DEA as an agency is i:rvolveclin the campaip it is illegal. But if agentsact as inclividualcitizensto raise money to combattle initiative, ttren what they are iloing is legal.

"This is a higbly controversialissue andttre DEAs position is clear," Hazan said about tle DEAs denial of anywrongdoing.

IIe sugested tlat naybe politically active agentswerejust "loyal soldiersto tle oibjectives of ttre DEA.' "Therewill be an investigation,"Hazansaid concerningwhat wordd take place if tle DEA was in violation of tle HatchAct. SAtrER Coloradogatlered 130,815 signatures of Coloradoresidentsto get the initiative on the Novemberballot. Only68,000signatures were necessary.The initiative will legalize the possessionof up to one ounceof rrarij"ana for adults 2l and older.

SAIER Coloradobas momentumon their side,havingintroducedtle DenverAlcohol-Marijuana Equalizationlritiative on last November's ballot ald passilg ttre measureto makettre use andpossessionof oneounceor lessof narijuana legal for adults 21 or older witldn Denver city limits.

the Auraria Walk Team,conprised of students,faculty,staff, family and friends from the Auraria campus,will participate in the amual funtlraiserAIDS Walk Coloradoon SepL 16.

The Auraria Higler EducationCeuter,CCD, Meto and UCD have sponsoredthe tean for overa tlecade.The Auraria teamwas one of tle largest in 2005and raised${},400for t}e cause, ranking in tle top 12 fundraisingteans.

The we.nt raised a total of $800.000 in 2005.Proceedstlis yearwill benefitthe Colorado AIDS Projectand 30 ottrer AIDS serviceorganizatious,including Cbildren'sIlospital HIV ProgFam,RAIN Colorado,and Women'sAIDS Project EmpowermentProgram, In 2005 sone 3.1 nillion peoplearoundthe wodd died of HIV/AIDS-relatedcauses,according to ttre GlobalHealth Council.Tbdayit is estimated two teensin the U.S.are infectedwith tle still-incurablediseaseeveryhour. ' AIDS trIdk Colorado is a five-kilometer walkathon, accompaniedthis year by a 5k running maratlon. Both eventsbegin at Cheesman Parh with open registrationbeginningat 8:30 a-m.and the marathonsteppingoff at 10 a-n.

Thereis no fee to reglster.However.a minimum of $35 nust be raisedto receivean official Auraria Team t-shirt. The Auraria lbam will hold tlrawingsfor prizesfor ttre top fundraisers the morningof tlte w'alk.

To register for the Auraria Walk Tean, call 303-556-6333or visit http:/ftuwwaidsw"alkcolorado,org-

skeptics invites believers, New orgonizotion youth recruifs menlors Chollenge Bylosief,lcrater iHcnaic@nscd.edu 0rganJzationstbrouglout Denverare being asked to take the Metro Mentor Challenge,a:: effort to recruit mentorsfor middle schooland high schoolyoutlThe endeavorseeksto lower dropoutrates anong Denver strdents and to contibute to IvlayorJohn Hickerlooper's plan to end homelessnessin Denver.

Among ttre f5 participating organizations, collectivelylaovm as tle Youtl Mentoring Collalorative, arethe Youtl EmpowermentSupport ServicesInstitute, Big Bmther Big Sister, ColoradoYouthAt Risk and GoodwillIndustuies.

The challengeis for the organizationsto recruit 1,000volunteermentorsby Oct. 16.

The YMC requires nentors to be at least 18 years old, which is why tle YESSInstitute hopesto recruit college-agednentors frorr Auraria insdtutions.

'Carlo Kriekels, the cofounderof ttre YASS Institute, truly believestlat ttre oneswe learn tle most from ancVorinfluence ow lives tle most are out peets," said Alex Russel,program managerfor tle YESSIastifute.

Accordingto tle DanielsFundwebsite,tle local Denverhigtr schooldmpout rate is 37 percent,and € percentofDenver'shomelesspopulation is 18 yean old or younger.

"Through mentoring and providing each child with a positiverole nodel we hopeto end the vicious cycle of honelessnessby reaching the youttr beforeit's too late,' the websitesays.

The YMC will reach out to about 300 studentsfrom DenverPublicSchoolsq/hoare eitler in homelesssihrationsor qualifufor tle Tempo-

rary AssistanceFor NeedyFamiliesprogram.

Many honeless families ia Denver reside along tle East Colfax corridor, an avenue of pawnshops,bars, auborepair shopsand motels.

The corridor is also a notorious area for dmg dealing and violence, accordingto the Colfax Conmudty Network website. A najority of the 48 motels along Collax Avenueare chiefly residential, renting out often ttilapidated oneberlroons with kitchenettes for al averag€of $180-$295a week.

"It is a generationalcycle tley cannot get out of," Russel said about children from homeless families. 'br tle rules of their society,education is not the greatest emphasis,'she said.

"It doesnot fll their immediateneeds."

Russel believes peer mentoring exposes these children to a positive outlook on education and life.

'Those ufto are privilegedare in a cycle of success,'RusselsaidThe YMC program hopes to spread this cycle of successto studentsdo are at risk of droppingout of hith school.

Volunteers who participate in the Metro Mentor Challengetlroug! the YFSS Instihrte will mentorat least an hour and a half per week after school,doing alything from tutoring and activities to just talking aboutttre rlay'sevents.

'A nentor is basically a friend," Russel said.

The YESSInstitute will be at Auraria's Fall Fest on Sept. 13 and 14 to spread tle word about the Meto Mentor Challenge.For more information about tle YESS Institute, contact Alex Russel at 303-951-3012,or visit http:// to be matchedwith al wwv/.metrovolunt€er.org organization.

EyfosicEcnaier iHcuaie@nscd,edu A new Meho student organization will reveal mysteriesand uncover secrets tlis semesteras it researchesand seeksout strange phenomenathat are ottrerwisehidden from or 6$sgu€din mainst€arn science. the Cr5pto ScienceSociety will bring in speakers,go on expeditions,and invite even tle hardest-headedskepticsto aid in researching topics like lltrOs, exhaterrestrials,Bigfoot, ghosts,orbsand ancienttecb:rologi.

Their goal is to use researchand irfornafion to educate the public, according to the organization'swebsite, http//studentactivities. nscd.edu/- cryrytoscience.

"The organizationis going to athact some interesting people,"said JasonCordov4 founding nenber and captain of tle Crypto Science Society. "I Lnow a lot of peoplenight be more if they are givenmoreinfo.' open-minded Cordorasaidtlat he would rattrer seeinterest from skepticsthan gullible indivitluals vfro believeblindly. "lhe more peoplewho are critical about it, you can tuly assessttre tle more phenonena,' Cordovasaid.

He saidthe orgalization will also tag along with local organizationson projectsand expeditions, and enoouragedepartnents at Metro to aid in researcL Giventhat Coloradois popular for cryptoscience enttrusiasts, Cordovahopes tlat the CryptoScienceSocietycan visit someinteresting destinationswithin ttre state, suchas a Bigfoot search on Pikes Peak, or a kip to Silver Cliff, homeof an allegedlyhauntedcemetery.

the orgalization also plans to bring in expert researchersto investigate possible paranormalactivity in Areorof inferest tle l40-yearcld Ttvoli in ayplo-rriare building.

Cordora bas been Ufology: strdyof interested in strange phemmeno UtO phenomena since he was young, vihen his Pccpydnlory graldmottrer and fathe *rdyof ther would share sto porumnrd ord ries about tle family's erperiencesin tle San psychologicol Iads Valley,kncmmas phenonoru a highly activeareafor paranornal activity. (ryptoroobgy: IIe said these stothestudyof ries were very influrlrolgoor eutial in his "thirst for nyrtorio0s lnowledge." (reoluret.

'Once you notice sonetling, you can't stop," he said" Tou go on (with) <lay-to-<lay life and start looking aroundand you noticeso muchmore.'

Activfies fqr the Clypto ScienceSocietyso far include an inhoductory meetingfrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.n. Thurstlay,Aug. 31, at Sigi's Pool llall in the basenentof tle fivoli, and guestspeaker AlejandroRojasfron I p.n. to 4 p.m. Sahrday, Sept 16.

Check out htp//strdentactivitiesmscd" edu/-cryptoscienceto sign up for their newsletter to receiveupdateson their activities.

Knowyour -ologies:

6r lltl{S

oIHEMEIt0P0UfAll 8.31.06

Foculty leoders speurheod forum toexplore, Mefro's shope future Ey Barbara f,crnaldez Dhcrnad@nscd.du Thry arrivedat EstesPark as Metro faculty menbers.

Theyleft as Metro leaddrs.

All 2l faculty 41d adminisfuxfisnmembers are part of the Metro State kadership Forun, or METROLEADS.The group is dedicatedto shapingMeto to ft PresidentStephenJordan's vision.

The membersleft last weekend for Estes Park to erplore and dwelop strategiesand put theoriesinto action, said forum leaderPaul Cesare,Metro'sassistantadmissionsdirector.

The fontm was ilspired by Jordan's2ffi5 welcorne address speeclq in which he spoke of his hopefor Meto to becomea 'preeminent

public urfun baccalaureatecollege.' Cesaresajd Jordan'swords stirred hin to make the new president'squestfor preeminencea reality. "letung affects the quatity in an organizatim as nuch as the quality of its leatlership,' Cesaresaid.

"By us, ttre faculty members,being leaders we will hansfer tlis sewice; we rsill be better providersfor the students."

Cesaresairl that while in'Estes Park" forum membersidentified topic ideas for eight future. seminars.They ttren picked teans of three or four memberstlat would lead each discussion group.

The group will hold a swen-hour seminar each montl focusing on topics such as leadership,the extemal environment,communication, resourcesand how to give back to tle commu-

nity. Jordanis expectedto lead a forun in Decenrbertitled "The External Environ:nent."the first of eight seminas will be held Sept.29 and wiii focuson leadership.

-Ihe topic mayprecipitatepositivepractical change,"Cesaresai<L"METROLEADStakes a comprehensiveapproachin presenting leadership issues tlrough tle use of academiclectures, debate,recitation, assessmentand campus servicework.'

Thougb studentsare not allowed to attend ftg sgminars,Cesareinsisted ttrat they will be tle beneficiariesof ttrem.

METROLEADSmenbers are employeesin all sectorsof tle college,proving everyemployee at Metro is valued and tlat baniers can be broken, Cesaresaid.

As Metro's demographicscbangefron year

to year ttre college must uudergo changes,he explained.

'President Jordanis an aclaptiveleader.He understandsthe contextsin 'changecontexts,'" Cesaresaid.

First lady Ruth Jordanalso is a "breath of fresh air' at Metro, Cesaresaid-Sheand Cesare startedIIETROLEADS. 'She'spracticalwith conmongoodin nind," Cesaresaid.

Facultynenrbersare now ableto work critl tle presidenton upcomingseminars.

"PresidentJordanis listening to ttre people, not dictating,! Cesaresaid. "kadership isnt for the privilegedand cenhal higher-upsa:ryrr.ore.'

'A Ieaderjust isnt bom a leader.Everyone canbe a leader,"he said.

MEIROTEADS FORUM SEMINARS SCHEDU 2006-2007

Alilention! All'Potential Fall 2OOG

Allseminors oreontridoys from9o.m. lo4p.m.

All Students V/holt/ill HaveCompleted All Degree

LEADERSHIP - Sept. 29, 2006

Degree Gandidates

Requirements by the Endof Fall Semester,2006:

Mentor:VP SallvMcKee Fellows:GaryBoley,BryanFerguson.DennisPotter.Paul Cesare

IIRBAN LIIIID-GMNT CON. GEPT-OclL.20.2006 Mentor: VPRodolfo Rocha Mustfile anApplicationfor Graduationin the Officeof theRegistrar (CN105) by Friday,September1, 2006.

TheApplication for Graduation is available in (CN105) theOfficeof theRegistrar andonline: www.mscd.edu/mroIIIregistrar IdocsIindex.btm @raybefaxedto 303-5562568.)

Fellows: Zoe Rae Shevalier, Brook Dilling, ClaireHay,DonelynJimes

EXTERNALENVIRONMENT -Dec.1,2006 Mentor:President Jordan Fellows: LiYing Li, Dave Alden, Paul Myskiq JudyCampbell

COMMIIMCATION- Jan.26, 2007 VPDouglas Mentor: Samuels Fellows:I(anral Sahami,Myskiw, Ellen Boswell Shouldhavea CAPP Compliance Reoortrun NOVin theirmajordepartment or the Academic AdvisingCenter(CN104).

ESPIRIT DE CORPS- Feb. 23.2007 Middlemist Mentor:VP Fellows:TonvE Ledesr Chris AllisonCotton, Mancuso, Becks

Mustclearor e4plalnall CAPP (Not MeQwith the discrepancies Registrar'sOffce by September29thin orderto rcmaina degreecandidatefor this semestet

v Monitor the Fall 2006Graduation/ Commencement Vebsiteon MetroConnect thmughoutthe semester.

- March STIIDENT-CENTERED 30,2007 Mentor:\IPSamuels Fellows:Campbell,James,HowardFlomberg - April 27,2007 RESOURCES Mentor:VPNatalieLutes Fellows:JamesEck,TatSangSo, Cesare AI{IWALPROGMMASESS. MENT (WRAP-UP)- lwre 22, 2W7 All METROLEADS Participants

lltlfS. 7

. 8.31.06 IllEllHt0POlJIAll

forcompus life Voccinotions criticol Eyf,rlii Prrcgot [crogoy@nrcd.ailr College is anidealtine to explorepossibilities,meetnewpeopleandlivelife to thefullest.

Yetar:ftody'sdbrart youthcanbestolenaway if properprecautions are not takento ensurr goodhealtbTheaveragecollegesfuileuthasa lot of issuesto tac&lebeforedtendingtheir first class. h th. prq Meho studentshare not had the healthconcernsof ttose at mcnecouventimal collegecanpuses.

ButasAurariagrows,health issuesdo,too. triltl morcstud€utsin a srnqlleratcapeoplg After the curar€ rnr? susc€ptiblc to disease; red, neringib scac erpcri€nod b sccond yer tetro'sded tart Matheqtetuo offcids . aretahinga closerlookat possiblenanilatory mccfudims.

Accordingto @Metrc,'A canps-wideInmunizationth.skFoEois iwestigafinga pu posalonwnatto rb1regardingthe m'nndated Yaccinations.

'Vaccinations fu meningitisare exhenely for collegefreshmenbecauseof recomneniled dsm life andtte proxinity of peqle livitrgtc gsther,'saidJ6BBlahely,a tiap nuse at CherryGeekPedieics roamingcamThenrostprevalentdiseases pus€sarc meniDEitis, hepatitis,influenzaand sexuallytznsnitted diseases.

Theseillnesses affeststudentsof all agesandbackgrounds. the pmspectof catchinga diseaseor mod-

erate illness, fatal or not, can be scary.Gerns spreadvwy easily,especiallyas flu seasonapproaches,but there are things to do to naintain a healtly lifestyle.

'Slatch your diet, exercise and get plenty of rest and you wont be as much at risk to get si&, blrt in collegettrosearc the first habits to charge,' nhkely sairl "It's tue for everybodybut it's inportant to be derl" As fm SIDs, BIaLely sugests Setting checked annualb since college is a common period fc peopleto have hi$ levels of semal activi9.

CommonSflDs suc,has gonorrteaand cblamydia can now be checkedwitl a uriue test insteadof ttc,uconftrtabte Pap smar 'Peoplewith gmontea and chlanydia can carry it and not how tt" Rlrtely said. "Thats. holr tby gd Srcad so rmpantly."

Statting in 0ctdcr and l.sring th,mgb MarcJl infuenza vaccineswill be rea&ly availaHe ia any dodm's office or local clinic.

If a student goes lmking for pmtection against aar of these diseasesthey can find it with just a short tip to a doctods ofEce.As Blakely sai4 "It's an importanttine to be higbty awareofyour healtl-" August is l{ational Innunization Month, and if an Auraria shrdent feels the need to be vaccinated against potentially fatal diseases such as meningitis,rubella or trberculosis ttre insuranceprovidedby tte campuscoversthose cosb, accordingto @Mebo.

(ose for2004 STD Stotistics U.5.

1,000,000 900,000 800,000, 700,000 600,000 500,000

400,0m 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 Syphilis GononheoChlomydio 33,401 330,132 929,462 (oilrclond provided forDiseo$ Prevenlion.

Stotistb byfie CenH

(rimeoctivity lowoncompus Ttaffic,safetyare marnconcerns D! rnlcoD D.ilry aDailcl9@nscl.cdu The Auraria campusis locatedin what one might inegins $'6u16be a high crimearea,with Colfaxto tle southand downtownto the east.

Surprisingly though, the Auraria campus hrs very little crime.

Auraria Police Chief Heather Cooganathibutestlis to the presenceof the Auraria Police.

'Serious crime? No," she said. 'And we're rcally proud of tlat and we really think it's a result of our efforts."

According to Coogan,most of tle crines that are comnitted on campusare nonviolent thefts conmitted by nonstudents.

Coogansaid few violent crimes occur on campus,most of which are conmitted by stutlenb as the results of arguments. Hoqrever, tlere have been four agfdnated assaults and four sinple a$sauftsat ttre Auraria campusin 2006.

Tlhich is extemely loq whenyou consider that tlere are 37,000 shrdents and 3,000 employeeson ttris campus,"shesaid.

One of tlose assault charges was an attenpted senral assauttin January.Accordingto Coogan,it was tle first of its kind in 10 yean.

Altlougb tlere is a low instanceof crinoeon campus,Coogansaid traffic is a hugeissue.

As traffic continues to increase witl enrollnent nunbers. accidentsbecomemore and more cornmon.And in addition to student tnI-

fic, the campusis borderedby someof Derver's busieststreets.

"I worry more aboutthe traf&c issue than I do aboutsomeonelosing a purse,"Coogansaid.

Studentsare often lislsning to Mp3 players or talking on cell phonesas tley walk across tle streetsarouadcampusald ilon't alwaysnotice the taffic, CoogansaidThe Auraria CampusPolice Departmentis a completelyseparateentit5rfrom the Denver PoliceDepartnent, and the Auraria Policehave their own holding cells, locatedin both the administ'4tie1 building and tie Tlvoli. Peoplearrested otr campusare kept tlere until they are tansferred to a Denverjail.

Studentsand faculty concemedaboutcrime at Auraria are invited to attend Safe Campus Night on Oct. 19,wten Auraria Policew"alkthe campusin tle eveningto do an assessnrentof salety issues,such as ensuringtlat an area is well lit a:rdhas erougfoemergencyphones.

Following last year's SaIe CampusNight, ttre Auraria Higler &lucation Centerboard of directors approved more tban $1 million for saletyinprovements.

Already, energency phones are located in every buflding and in the parking lots. lte phonesconaectto the Auraria PD autonatically and any phoneon campususedto dial 911 also connects directty to campus police, although people nust dial tle direct number, 303-5565fi)0, fron cell phones.

'I believestudentshavea right to be ableto cometo schooland have a reasonableleanring envircnment,' Coogansaid. "And tlat's E'!at ourjob is, to makeit a saie environmentfor studentsto cometo class."

. isn0lll@nd.dr., Phoh byJ6on Smoll

(oprmkh pkkehd were dowrfown ososs fromOvfu GnlerPork.

Police officen slofioned d theporkfor evenl, occording b plire. theunrelstd GilitolMos

. 'Broken progrom ottocked C()PWATffi windows' Goltiaued ftom 3

Ford openedtle bedroomdoor lobato shot up out of bedwitl a blanket in onehandand something shiny in the other.Ford thought the shiny objectwas a gua and shot Lobatoonetine. The shiny objectwas a can of soda the report said. lobato was pmnounceddead upon arriving at DenverIlealth MedicalCenter.

Administrative rularounils were not tle only fhing the protestorswere upsetabout.

A policeprogramcalled "brokenwindows,' which enploys a tougb stanceon petty crimes suchas a breaking car windows,also has Nash questioningpolice action. the pmgram gives ttre police an opportunityto pull someoneover

for aay minor infraction, with the possibility of fnding moreinfractionsvery likely, Nashsaicl 'What tlat anounts to is they are stopping peoplewithout a reasonablesuspicionbecause they're using theselaws which they only invoke undercertain circunstances,"he saitl me piotestors held signs for passersby.

One sign, "Honk for Human Rights," createda chorus of horns ou ColfaxAvenue.Other signs called.for "Police Accountability Now" and to 'Fire Killer Cops."

After Nashaddressedtie crowd of 20 or so people,the crowdcbanted,"Bad cop,no iloug!nut' to somepoliceacrossttre steet The policehad no comment.

)u,t1

a

a':

A: tnf*fn otrosaL Attmf'bn4e.F Xvt4o-ldPLuf#B 5r,trvs..FTAFTTARY 9ll*KeW$N Crf,{r8s

!-SeqvltsLY ?lD tldt 6er / r THe Met-'to"

/6ullrRu AIL rst: 1t tute?.!

f"lltYtY' T{EQUSEN OF T}IE FufidF tltlrt

:

hT gtiNtv, TvtLSI+19 prjp

aPetwso Nr{$5...

TEg *lts Itet

$'"f

A '\JEVER UJANT TOSTA 5TINKIN)

f!l.iler ewu*i

#G<+w\Ftnn.ffiffiF

(olmost) She didthemos(ol mosh What is it abouta lova,ble,fur4r mascotthat couldmakea growl womanwant to run up ar:d punchit? At fint I laughedwhenny wife, Nadja, explainedt}re feeiing tlut cane overher on the first day of school. But when I saw the scared look in her eye,I tried charging the subject.

'If you really thbk you needto assault some giant shrlfed toy just 'causehe's trying to pass youneedserioushelp,'I said."Hey, outcoupons, we shouldcook sometling spicyfor dinner.'

The first days of a semesterare always a bit distressing,but somethingabout this year pusheda healthy mentdly stablepersonto con' sider stompingsomehorn-honking,hard-workhg sap in a fuzzy swt. I like to thir:k Nadja's deckis not missinganymorecardsthan my own, which can only be missing a few at the most.

Something, or someone, hadto havepushedher into the lobby of Hotel Crazltown. I had to fud out what happened."I was just leaving my fust class ard a gigaltic bird-tlfng steppedin my way and honkedhis horn in my face."

'It's a roadrwrner."

I said.

'1 don'tcarewhatbird it is. What is it doing here?Are we in kindergarten?" sheasked.

Had she lost her schoolspirit, her love {or theu'ell-marketed item?Hadsheno understanding of the curent stateof highereducation?

All

^f

,1c tq

Str\dl.Ftq

lplh

t^

dcal

G.iih

for everythingyou needdonein the five minutes before class begils, the raldom misfortunes that tend to occurin the first rlaysof class fand agai:r,of course,during finals). The list goeson ald on. But tlese amoyalces are all studentrrade or student-derived.They are unavoidable.

What canbe avoidedis everyunusedsquare inch of the schoolbeing devotedto selling one product or anotler and the giant amusementpark characterschasfugeveryonearound. ll{DRxlfl fl,0flR-sPH{Cl Perhapsit's just the way schoolswork nowaspencand @mscd.edr days.The commandersof profit are not satisfied (ald her first day attending a-nAmerican colwith merely surgicaimarkethg: tley hrow tiat to gain tota-l victory they must carpet-matket lege), happenedto haveher mind on othertlings the whole area.Get a couplecommando-s$rlettran getting a new credit card, receivinga {ree couponmercenarieson tie ground ald blar:ket tub-o'colaat Blimpie with purchaseof a megathe wholezonewiti postersandflyers. For busi lunch bucket, or enterhg a sweepstakesto win nessesthere is no substitutefor saturationmar- a new waste of time. Her first impressionsof a professorhad beenpoor and she was deepin keting in the war to sell to students.

Like most students,I eventuallybecameac. thought as she walked outside, wondering if customedto the circus of the modernAmerican tlere wasn'tsomeotherclassshenight take. collegecampus,and I've fortified myselfagainst This is whenthe Roadrunnercane dalcing suchtreachery.My wife, however,comesfrom a through the crowdin her direction- honking its countrywherethe universitieshavent yet suc- silly horn and trying to dmm up school spirit cumbedto t}temoreaggressive formsof market- - and shebecamea bit vexed.The poor bastard ing madness.Just as Americaonce refrained neverknewhow closehe came. from allowing aly old backwater franchise to Campusadrrinistrators needto ta-l<eaction prey on collegestudents feducation,a.ftera.ll,is against this dangerousald wholiy unscholarly r r lF r r r r nn,a. n+ h,r c j n

1.:n dl . G - .nn- anr r .ti l l "ss rt

s i l r r .ti nn

'f| {'\-

qL.i tl /l

r - d.l ..fp

, . n p f rr-i n t h p s e

:

r9 lllSlGlll

. 8.31.06 IllEli{Ell0P0ulAtl

fteioiled Plightof iournolis In Septerrber2004a researcherforTheNew York Tlnres,hao Yar.,was arrested in Beijing on tle chargeof providingstate secretsabrcad.

The chargestemmedfrom an article published iO[MIJITT$ in the llnes assertingtlat a formerpresidentof willianz@nscd.edu Chinahad offeredto resign as military chief. On the scaleof state secrets,the informationlacked the weigbt ol say,a report about nuclearcapabilities. Nonetheless,frao hasbeendetainedfor almosttwo lrears,and despitebeingacquittedof the chargelast week, he was found guilS of a lesser chargeof frau4 for which he will spond at least anotheryear in prison.

The conclusionof Zhao'strial is a not-sc subtle reminderto other would-beChinesejourndists to keep tleir mouths shut, and wili no doubt perpehratewtat the induslry calls tle Most of the sex educatiol in my chiltlhood "chilling efrecl' But moreinportantly, it is the schooldistist was donein eigbth-gradehealth latest indication of ttre lengths Chinais willing class.It sas mentionedbriefiy in prior grades, to go to in ordei to suppresspolitical dissent Before joining the Beljing bureau of ttre brd ttre final 364' a1Sinclair Middle Schoolwas Tlnes, Zhaowas knonrnas a muclrrakingjourttre big whanmy. this vrasthe primer beforewe embarkedon nalist who, according to tle Times, "earued our joumey to higlt school,tle land oI proms, a reputation for writing articles tlat exposed "seriousrelationships,"relaxeddresscodesand officials' abuse of farmers and ottrer ordinary bad influences.In rry class,we sar a tampon citizens."It is fron this periodof his life tlat he get drppedin a dass of water, carriedaroundan eamedtle fraudcharge.Accordingto tle Tlmes, "eggbab;/ to "pnrent' for a week, and watched the cbargestatestlat frao agreed"to write an a birthing video.Weleamedabouttle acronyms article and intewene on behalf of a personwith STD, IilV and AIDS, tlough we tlidnt learn legal problemsin exchangefor money."Zhao was cbargedwith this only after he had been arytling specific. detainedfor the state secretscbarge,andto tlis Had I obtainedall of my loowletlge fron this sintle course, I would have probably as- tlay he deniesinvolvementin either case.

But even in ^ao - who, his lawyers say, sumed tlat the only available birtl contol were condomsvrhich neverwor! ttrat smoking will probab$ appeal the verdict - is fimlly makesyou morelikely to becomepregnant,and found innocent, the rhmage done to hin and tlat taking drugs or beingin a gangleadsto sex his professionis irreparable.By continuing to hold Zhaodespitea lack of evidence,and evenand pregnancy.

Sex e<lucationciass did not quite cut it {or tually charging him q{f} a lesser, urelated crime, ttre Chinesegovernnent is telling ali someof ny fellow students.lte coursewas in tle fall and come our continuation ceremony, two of my femalepeerswere pregnalt. Another shrdent was sexually assaulted and nearly rapedat a birthtlay party. thinking back, so muchwas left out of sex education.Therewas no mentionof sexbelmnd heterosuual penetation, sexbeingpleasurable or sexualassault.We did not eventouch on humanpapillomavirus,which is not only oneof tle most commonsexually transnitted infections, but also the leadingcauseof cervical cancerin womell.

According to my classmates,emergency contaception neant douchingwittr a bottle of cola after risky sex"I worry tlat +hingshavenot changed0n Aug. 24, ttre Foodand Drug Administration agreedto allow emergencyconhaception, or Plan B, over tle counter.pl41 $ is 6 high rloseof Progestin,a synthetic femalehormone that prevents ovulation or fertiliz:tion, and is 85 percent effectivein preventingpregnancyif taken vrithin 72 hours of risky sex.

Over-the-counter saleswill beginat tle end IN CHIEF EDIIOR Cory Corkrro . cos(irio€mrcd.adu of the year and are only pennitted for people MAI.|AqNG EDITOR overthe ageof 18, thoughminoss6611 still seek itolt €unn o gunnrno€nrrcd.cdu a prescriptionfor Plan B. NEWSEDIIOR Dcvid Pollon . dpollon6nrcd,cdu Vithin momentsof the decision,opponents ASSISTANT NEWSEDIIOR of Plan B were plastering ttre Internet witl a Clo)rlon Woullod . cwoulbr€rnrcd.cdu collectionof faulty tleories andnisinformation.

ED]IOR OPINIONS ilolt{rcw (luone . mqsonclBn|.cd.ldu As I readttreir cockamamiettreories,I couldnot EDITOR AS$STANIOPINIONS help but think of ny classmatesaad how nany Gcof trJollermon r gwollcrm€rnrcd.edu of them would still fall for suchhype.

EDTTOR FEAruRES Adsm Goldrrain r goldrec€mscd.edu The first and foremostmisconceptionabout ASSISTAMFEAruRES EDTOR Plan B is that it is tle sameas tlte abortionpill, Joc dguY.on ' nguFio€ms(d.Gdu

Bimproves Plon femole birth options control

SeclOt Pagcl0

MUSIC EDTOR lliegon Comcol . mcqmcol€tnrcd.cdu

0mtw0H,[ntrx gwollern@nscd,edr journalists insideits borden to watchwtat they criticize, investigateand publish, or wind up in prison. This comestom a county Orathas expressedhterest in joining the world economy, openingup its borders and errbracing aspects of democracy.

Iust not all of then.

stinacyfor muchlonger.

Unforhrately, the UnitedStatesgovernment hokls little bargining powerover China.

Accordingto the Atlantjc Montlly, in 2005 China had a $242 billion stake in tle United States'national ileficit. In otherwords,the UnitedStatesatlmonishingChinaalout hunan rights issues is like a yapping lapdogbiting the indifferent ha.ndthat feedsit it doesn'tdo any goo( and it migbt causesometouble. Still, Bush has broachedthe topic with China'spresident IIU respondedwitl Jintao,who has un<terstandably polite nodsand noncommittalsniles.

Thonas Friednran,in I'he Isw aril the Olive Ttee,bails flftaliz:iion becausehe claims it will force courties to be nore transparentald ttrercforemoresensitiveto issuesof democracy and hunan rigbts.

Il China'scase,Friedmanbelievestansparenry will beginwith its businesssectoras more foreigp companiesshow an interest in dealing with Chinaand morejournalists show an interest in coveringits ins and outs.

But if China continuesto shovr that even small revel,ationsabout its inner workings are groundsfor inprisonment,theseconpanieswill grow distnrstfirl and eventuallywitldraw ttreir suPPort.

As the Bush administrationholds fast to its policiesof spreadingglobaldenocrar;y,its county's sticky relationshipwittr one of tle world's worst human rights offenderswill continueto be an issue- oneits policy arc.hitectswill not be ableto iporein the 2006and 2008 elections.

IIu's evasions,even amid intemational dilemmaslike lran's nuclear progran and rising tensionsin the Middle EasLshouldnot be tolerated for long. This is, after all, the 21d cenhrry, and globalizationcannot work when one of ib najor playersis still living in the 206.

(is),pilling "lheU.S. towokco operotively withonon democrolic

Beiiing to Chino while encouroging

'responsible shore become o holde/ intheglobolsystem."

- 2006 CRS Report forCongtess But if Chinatruly wants to join the global economyand gain tle trust of ndtinational companies,it will eventuallyhaveto admit tlat tust necessitates hansparency. Yahool and Google,in a bid to gain groundin a burgeoning market, night be helping China keep tabs on its cultural and political dissidents,but on the whole,tbe world will not put up witl China'sob-

0iln S$NGI979 SRt/ll{G IHIAUMiRIA EDfIOR SPORTS Jcrcrny Johnron . iiohn3oS€nrcd,cdu ASSISTAMSPORTS EDITOR Eric londng . lonsingemrcd.cdu RIOTOEDTOR Jcnn lcBlonc . ikcrrip€rnscd.edu DESIGNER Jcnnifar lucqr . jluccd€mrcd.edu COPYEDIORS Toylor Sullivon . trulli2 | &rrscd,c&r tocl Togort . tqg.rl€ns.d.cdu ASSISIANIURECIOR OI SruDENIMEDIA Donniio Wong ADVISER Jonc l.lobock

th. MetroFlitu is psoducrdby ard for the sbdeds of Uctopolitrn St& Colegr ot Desvcratrd serres tl€ Auraria Canpos the lr[ctopolital is suplortadby ady€disingtgeeNtue ard shritert tce3,alrd is publishcdee.ry th|rsday during the acadeoiclcar and bi-we*ly dutilg ttre SuEDrr seDester.The Meftpolita! is distribulrdto a[ caopusbufiitrgs. NoFrs@ Dry .dlicn offte McEo[olito {ithod tale nqe tbsr @ecoly d eaa.h Fic wlith[ !.r]!iisi(n. Pleas.dirEt ary qu€€ti@s,coEaerts" cooplaht3or c@plinrnts io Ueto Bqd of hbltuaticdsc/o ftr Metopolibll Opili@see.Ess.dritbin doolt n€ccsFan]y !rf,€.1 StateCouegtof D€Eelror its adreitistts th6€ d Me@ih!

Deadlinclor crlco&r itrns is 5 p.tr! ThulsdalaDeadlinefu pltss tdeasesis 10a.D. ld@dry.Diplry adertising doadlioeis 3 p.n. is 5 p.o,ltursday Ttunday CLssifiedadvertisiDg Ow o6ces arr bced fu the fivoli Shdadt Uni@"Roon 313. lrailiog adrcEsi6 PO.Bd 173362,Calpus Bot 57, De!ftq, CO &217.3362.

10. lllSlGHT

. THE 8.31.06 METR0P0LIIAiI

Don'l themediu believe hypt ilrm ilunMT nurrnich@mscd.edu It's not sick. It's not hurt. It's dead!

Reportinghasdiedandno onegivesa damn.

Almost everyone.readilg ttris article can ru ne ttre venerealdiseasetlat PamelaAndersonhas.

They how who Brad Pitt is rlating. They har,e an opinion regardingthe sanity of Tom Cruise.

I know I do.

So let's ty somethingdifferent. How maly peopleknow what comtry just erlerienced an earthquale?How manyhow in which state a district judge overhrmedtle Bush adninistration's controversialwiretapping policies? How manycantell me onena:neof someonevrhobas lost his or her life in kaq? How manycan name one personviho has given tleir life so tlat we can continueliving ours?

The sad answer is: almost no one. Unless someonepersonally lmows a soldier, people dont care.Unlessthe bonbings or civil wars are in our homes,we codil care less. We are more concemedwith an exquarterback's son and a l0-year-oldmurder casetban the future of our county aad ourworld.

In ttre last weeh tle DenverPost published more articles involving tle keyword Ramsey and l(arr rhen articles about kaq, Mexico,kan, Israel, BobBeauprez,Bill Fitter, Syriaandwiretaps combined.A murder case is apparently more importa:rttla:r wa.qcivil unrest, personal riglts or local elections.

This miglt bean exaggeration,but not nuch of one.Peopleare muchnore receptiveto news that is shocking,especiallyif they {eeltley have some sort of relation witl tle news. We read stories about Tbm CYuisebecause,tlrough his mocies,he has becomeour friend- We read sto ries aboutKar becausewe despisehirn.And we read stories about a torhred little girl because

we don'tknow better.The freepresshasbecome a bbloid occasionallycovering sometling important on pagethree.

There are tJree reasol5 this has happened. the first is that the nedia is a business.They print what sells. The media sells advertising, and in tle end it all comesdownto ratings aad circulation numbers, The secondreasonis that tfuough conpanies like Tine Warner,Disney,CBSandViacon, our press has becomeconsolidated.Alnost all newspapersand fir stationsare part of a large corporation,and large corporationshave agendas.No matterwhat policiesandregul,ationsare in place, corporatepolicies a.ffectthe media-If a story conflictswith a company'spolicies,it is less publishable.

The tlfrd reason is tlnt the media has stoppedcoveringthe media.Whenfalse stories are published,no one checks their credibility.

Wejust assumettrey are factual.JaysonBlair at tlte NewYorLTlmespubtshedcompleteiymadeup inlormationfor yearswithout beingcaught.

So tle questionremains:who's at fault and what should be done?Has the press purposefully deceivedus? Do we not care at all about important issues?IIas big businessruined ttre media?Is tle mediajust pl,ainsloppy?

The answeris tlat tlere is no condete answer.However,it is cleartlat it wouldbefoolish to put the bunleu of this problen on one set of shoulders.The mediawould neverpurposefirlly deceivethe Americanpeople,just as Americans how tle imFortanceof Iraq; Israel and kan.

Big businesshas agygl intended to influence their newspapers.Thesetlings are not intentional, but they are happening. people can inspire cha:rge. nanm& When tle news' covers something irrelevant, don't read it Take the tine to write an editor and erplain tlat your real interests were on pagetlree. When voting, pay attention to laws that concemtle formation of mediaconglomerates. Fimlly, give the finger to magazinestlat publish celebritytashWe need to watch the BBC, subscnbeto nonprofitjounrals,andstopbuyinginto infotainment crap. The pressis a businessand they do uftat sells. If peoplechange,so will the press.

Godbless.

America,it is ny sincerehopeyou arenot as depravedas the mediawould havemebelieve.

Since John Mark Karr's arrest Aug. 16 il Bangkok,television,radio, web pagesand print have shed their thin exoskeletonsof decency, exposingttre repngn.,ntflesh of sensationalism tbat lay below If tlere is anythiog tle newlysurfacedsuspectin JonBenetRamsey'ssl,aying has beengoodfor, it's mass-medi*material; he is tle wet dreamof everymajor network The maissexploitation of completelyirelevant inJormation surrounding lkrr can lead one to concludethat either 1) we delight in the debasementof pertinence,or 2) the mediaoverestirrate our appetitesfor such.

As much as I want to believethe latter, recalling tle steady stream of yellow preSstlat flowed after Dec. 25, 1996 makes me a little hesitant. It would be nottriog new to say tlat we collectively sculptedthe nisfortune of a 6year-oldinto a neatly packagedproduct, and in doing so elevatedttre deceasedto iconic status.

Nor would it be a fresh deductionto admit the case'shigh profile. Alnost ten years later, we were closeto getting out of tie muck. Havewe learnednothing?

Media sensationalismis more tian just an anno]rance,It's a sSanptonof a nuch deeper concem:our apatly. Whettreror not oneaccepts informational offerings exubera:rfly or with conrpletedisgust makes little difference. Polarization translatesto absolutevalue in media success.H one objectsto wiat they consume, yet continue to feast upon it, ttre product in questionis justified. The quintessentialmetlod fs1 kifling an irritant's longevityis to recognize it and tlen depriveit of attention.This is an active process,but aa effectiveone.

The most detrimental effect tlat glorifuing superficiality has on the world is detracting from what we should consiiler important.

An lnternet search for 'John Karf provides a surfeit of pagesfilled with the exhaneous-the namesof lkrr's parents,their wedding and divorce tlates, and information about Kar's high schoolandclassstandingare amonga nountain of data unlikely to be usefirl to auyone.Why am I empty-handedafter a searchfor tidings of aay oue of the 1,600l,e.banese civilians killed in the recentconflictwith Israel?

JonBenetRamseywas a child beautyqueen Shewasa memberof white upper-classAmerica Shewas a humanbeing-and we have a despi cablehabit of assiping valuesto humanlives.

Sorre are more important tba:r ottrers.Wbat is shiny,flashy and in closeproximity lures us as

. Sex Z()E edsometimes folls short ofexpectotions Condn.d

eoln I

RU486. As wit! birft control pills, Progestin will not affect a pregnancgthoug!. it is not recomnendedfor pregnantwomen.What it will do is alter ondation or fertilization. Medical abortion pills prevent fetal growth, discontinuetle supply of nutients to a fetus or initiate a niscarriage.Ihere is a gapingdifference.

Opponentsalso state t}at the increased availability of Pla:r B will encouragewonen to be promiscuous.Correctmeif I amwrong,but it was neverwittrin tle auttrority of tle Foodand Drug Mninistration to reshict the sexualdecisions of womenin ttre first place.Peoplenake the sexual decisionsttrey want, ald we cauot inflict our morality or senseof rationality as long as tlere is consent What we caa do as a society is ensurethat peoplecan havechoicesto nake themselvessafeand inprwe the quality of their lives regardlessof private affairs.

Peftaps tle most comynlling argument againstover-tle-counteravailabilityof Plan B is that it will createa situation wherewomencan

just takea pill andforgetaboutttreunsafesex ttreyhadthe nightbefore,ratler tlan goingto gettingtested. a doctorfor theprescription.and I hearthis andI ca:rnothelpbutthink ofwhatI learnedin eightbgradeandhowshortit fell of properserualeducation.

If we hew tlat all high s6[so]graduates wereeilucatedaboutall birtl conbolmettrods, frompills andcondoms to abstinence, we probablywouldnothaveto worryaboutsuchatling.

Sexuallyactivepeopleshouldget STI testing everysix montls arldwitr all changes in partnersor fami$planring.Thisis something tlat shouldbe tauglt in schools,ratherthanbeing attentledto in a doctor'sofftceafter someonâ&#x201A;Ź hasstartedbavingunsafesex.

Healthoptionsfor reproduction andfamily planningcontinue to erpand.Oursex,reproduction andhealtl education shouldbe advancing a$weU.Maybeten yearsdownttre line, there wont bepeoplelike meworryingaboutttreirforgoingto pharmacies merclassnrates for a bottle ofcolaratherthaua packof PlanB.

ffitt[ milH ehallez@nscd.edu noths to the fleme.Whentle lessimFortantare killed, we pay homageto their loss, tlrown out as expedientlyas our kitchen trash.

I wonder how different ttre vrorld night be should we give appropriate considerationto what is germa:re.JonBenet'sstory is certainly relevant to tle world; anytime life is unjusfly taken, we should be outraged. So why do so nany horrid kansgressionsfall beneatl our radar?

Why would it matter to us if JonBenetwere altemately ttre offspring qf imFoverished,unattactive immigrantsf What would hagpen, should we becomeconscioustlat there exist names,faces,a:rd intinate life stories for each of the 1,600 (and counting) civilians recertly Irin to rest on tle otler side of the Earth?

Perhapswe indulge the ine4licable. After all, no sanepersoncancomprehendttre motives behind the sexual assault and staagulation of a 6-yearoid. Witl ttre prospect of a guilty etrtity on the horizon, our curiosity is perked like a tabby on cahip. 0bsewing the right-nrinded kill is much less fun. When ttrere is plausible motive,tlere is less for us to pontler.

Psychotic killers are incurable. Rational ones :ue not. When politicians give orders to tale lives,we yawn or changethe channel.

Little action h"s beentaken to stop recent war crines. yg1as ilnFetls to do so is greater ' in its own merit tlan tle wmngful ^king of life.

When CondoleezaRice said we neededto wait for tle dust to settle, we passively accepted.

While Annesty International bl,atantlyaccuses Israel, we are too busy drooling over a solitary medman {9 aqli66.

Fellow students, Denverites, and Americars, I implore ;rou: have no patiencefor ttre glossof sensationalism.Whenthe RockyMountain News cannot sell newspapersjust because it Iazily slaps John Kar on the front page, he will be taken off it Perhaps,ttroughttre stains will renain, we can wash aw"aythe bulk of our apathy.

InResponse: Irettersto the Editor work Keep upthegood Pleaseencouragewriters on your staff like Zodll,llliams to continueto (erpose)the a.rrogant and utter$ evil foundations(the United States.,Israel) tbat "perpetuatewar' all aroundthe world while masqueradingthemselvesas promotersof peaceand defendersof freedom.Theseillegitinate (regines) have lied and murderedfor far too long and (tleir) ahocitites nust be brouglt into tle lives and tloughts of your readerssottrat moreandnore of us canunite againstthis (offense).Keep up the goodwork. tinni e Bnley ; jbruIq@nd.

efut

lhelletrodlmmlconres olllelftrsfionr ltelro$rdents, leodus, ftodtyfld dminisffiin.Lelhnmrnth typed ondsrhnittdtotlre 0giomEditu hylbnday, 3 p.m.th wk ofprdudim. lefiers b mqrnre@md.dr orlow yurrl*tu forlrlsflhew Seod Orm in lldio, IirdiStudent ttre0ffkeofStldent Unhn, Roorn 313.tdrtors reserve theriglft drt d letterlorortent,&dryad Wce.ten forth wrilu.Leflers lhon3mwodr lI rubAplytohryr letsmd beignd od dcd rilfi conlud irnbnrnlion moy h nolonger esontsaysnnyh nolorqer lhon500mr6.

l2 r MEll0SP[0lVt

. THE 8.31.06 |lEIR(IP()[IIAI{

Pleose, don'lTouchthis movie TheTouch f,atedPG-13 80 minutes 0pensSept.l By foe l{guyen nguyeios@mscd.edu

, , , .) _ , Tleasure-huntingstories are supposedto be fun deductivepuzzles.The main characters searchthe cornersof the globeto find cluesthat Iogically lead them closer and closer to their covetedprize.

This is what treasure-huntinsstories are suPPosed to be like.

It also contrasts sharply with The Touch, directedby Academy-award winning cinematographer Peter Pau (CrouchingTlgn HiddenDragon). While the fllm showcasesa:r a:nple array of stunning shots, its cavity-infestedstoryline, sub-paracting a:rdhideouscomputeranimation makeit oneof the worst moviesin years.

TheTouchSars MichelleYeoh(MemoirsoJa Gersfta)and Bra:rdonChangas siblingslil and Tong Pak, the last heirs in a farnily of acrobats who are assignedto protect an ancientrelic left behind by a Buddhist monk. Ben Chaplin (?ie Thin Red Line) is Eric, a thief fomerly part of the acrobatictroupewho finds his way back into their ralks after stealhg the relic he originally

iifted for mti[ fa{ pla]redW Richard Rox-rr bwgh (Moulin\oWe!1.

After the fut half-hour, found myself furrowing my eyebrowsin a vain attemptto understand what was happening.Characterswere venturing deepera..nddeeperinto the mystery without achrally uncoveringclues that would lead them to its resolution.It was like a game of Monopolyil which everyonewent straight to Boardwalk with no attention to t]te roll of the dice.

The acting isn't muchbetter, as there is litt1echemishybetweent}te characters.Yeohand Chaplinbehavenore like strangers than past lovers.

Roxburgh,who is quickly becomingtlte premier Austalian-born vill,ain in cinema,is marvelouswhen he's giving monologues,but struggleswhenhe interactswith otJrercast members.

He seemsespeciallyuncomfortablewith Dane Cook,who plays a small role as a henchman.

Cook's cameo was one of the filn's few

films [or esyofJl,liromox

bright spots. As Bob, Karl's bumbling henchm4n, he fully udlizes his patentedfrantic style.

In onescene,Bobis 1eftbehhdby hisassociates and the aciobatic troupe advanceson him. In' steadof cowering,Bob furiously shedshis shirt andjacket,stretches,challenges themand {ails spectacularly The 1ong, elaborate fight scenes feahre 'wire-fu," a techniquepopularizedin the States

by TheMatrLrseies. Althoughvisually stunnhg, the action sequencesare far ald few between.

The final battle was done predominaltly with simply atrocious CGI. From the moving rock floor to the fire arrows, nothing looked remotelyreal. Luckily, the story was so diluted at this pofut that the specialeffectswere irrelevant.

TheTouchcor:ldhavebeengood,or at least average.It featuresstar power,beautih:I scenToobadno ery andelaboratefight choreography. one spentanytime on the script.

'Wor point soldiers' ofview lroqworfromU.S. Topes' shows

nitten danglingfrom their lqinter coat.'

The stories aren't done once each soldier retums from Iraq. The responsesfrom families a:rdfriendsare identical he is not the sameperson.?hey are alsoaffectedby medicalconplications suchas carpal tumel syndromeand postMike Moriartli a family manwith two kids motitraumatic stressdisorder.

By foe ltguy.en vatedtojoin by 9/11;andSergeantZackBazzi,a Lebalese_born Yearsafter it began,the debateonthe vrar in Americanleekingfor discipline. nguyeios@mscd.edu Iraq continuesto be a hot topic. 0ften tlese disThe footagegatheredis an intimate look into the cussionsare betweenthosewho haveneverset It's a nightmare to be attacked unexpect- livts of tlresemen. projectaliowsthe foot in the court4i Scra.nton's ln the filn, Pink readsentriesfrom his jouredly. [ou esy ol thewodooes.(om provide soldiersto their own perspective.It's For Americansoldiersstationedh Iraq, it's nal recounting particular events. His accounts "I tale of what's right not a andwrong,but rather a looked down and he had his hand dalan everydayoccurrence. are beautifully written, but chilling to listen to. gLing really is. from the exposedbone that used to be his taie of what For The War lapes, filmmaker Deborah In one entry, he describesthe haunthg afterelbow," he says, "like a chiid's safety-clipped Scrantongavehand-heldcamerasto 10 Aneri- math of an attack on his convoy.

'

TheWar Tapes caa soldiers so that they could docunent their yearlong tour in kaq. The filn focuseson tlte Unraled stories of ttrree of tlrese soldiers:SergeantSte9?minutes phen Pink, a Z4-year-oldEnglish major who Opens $ept.l joined the niJitary to pay his tuition; Specialist

MUROSPtOlVt.l3

. 8.31.06 THtMITROP0LITAN

Acclaimedfilmmaker explores human side of historic conflict

JackJohnson.

His newestdocumentary, 21e Wor, examinesWorld War II from a uniquelyAmerical perspective.

The film seeksto teii the story of the conflict from the vantage of four small Americantowns: La Veme,Mirn., Ir{obile,Ala., Sacra mento,Calif.andWaterburyConn.

8y Adam Goldstein goldstea@mscd,edu The War asrnsfor a:r intimate and inmediateperspective, a structural When director Ken Bums fin- departurefrom lie CiuilWm,wlttch ished ?ie Ciuil Wm, his 11'hour highlighted the conflict's high-proexarnination of the war between file political and military figures. "ln The Ciuil [./or, we were he sworeoff anyfurther the s1a1es, tryilg to do simultaneouslya topdocumentariesabout epic conllict 'I didn't want to be typecast," down and bottom up look at that he sard at tle Srarz FilnCenter war," Burns sard."In this fi1m,we decidedto focus on so'called'orLrg. 26.

But in the rnid-'90s,a distu$- dhary' people. .. Wewere looking ing set of statistics made his re- for an experiente of the Secold WorldWar il the most visceralald solvewaver.

'The National Councilfor His- erperientialway (ald) at the same tory Educationcame out with a time trying to tie together a comstudy that said that 40 percent of monAmerica:rexperience." graduating high school seniors Theresultis a highlypersonal, think that we fought with the Ger. instinctive view of rvar. Bums folmans against tle Russiansin the lowsLhepathsof Americansoldiers WorldWar,"hesaid."That's as they wade through t}te horror, Second 40 percent of graduotingsenors the lossa.ndthe devastation of tle - not failing,not flu:rking."

20t century'smostdestructiveand These widespread historical bmtz-lconflict. Throughhteruiews misconceptions were only a part and historical footage,TheWarfolof the of his inspiration to adclresssuch Iows$e majordevelopments a sprawlingtopic.The secondwas war through the eyesof American the rapidly diminishbg store of servicemenand their familiesback first-handtestimony. home.

"Wewerelosing1,000veterans Burns screenedapproximately l4-hour of the SecondWorid War a day ir an hour oI the seven-part, the U.S.,'hesaid."It represented seriesfor a capacitycrowdat Starz. h someways memorybeing lost The full fiIn will premiereon PBS from our hard drive.'

September 2007.

Both of these factors were unBums premieredfootagefrom settling for a fi.lmma.kerwho has the upcomingseriesat Starz,fielddevotedhis careerto the cinematic ing questionsand encouragingdia' loguefrom tlte audience. upkeepof historical memory.

"This is very much going to The director's documentaries have targeted such sprawlhg and be your night," Burns said to the multi-tiered topics as the West, crowd. jazz, baseball and the Civil War. Though the intermittent clips He's turned al mflinching ald from the series'prologueald epr' probing lens on cultural ald liter' sodespainted a frenetic picture of ary figures like Mark TWail and tle seriesas a whole,Bums' over-

tilm[enler Aug.26.Burns oulside offte Slorz KenBurns shnds tilmmoker premiered exomines WWll fromon whith dipsfromhisnewfilm,TheWa4 perspedive. long, willpremiere on lheseries, whirh isoverl4 hours Amerkon PBS inSeolember 2007. arching approachtied the disparate segmentstogether.From the Battle of Saipanil the Pacific to the Americanliberationof Poland's concenffationcarnps.the film attempts to infuse the war's major eventswith ar individurlizedand immediateperspective.

The film is Bums' attempt to clarify World War II's legac]1 to challengethe status quo of history and to illustrate in words ald imagesthe true toll of the war.

"Were goilg backto a.nexpen-

encethat hasbeenso calcifiedwith the wrong kind of signals,' Burns said. "We called it 'the goodwar' - there'sno suchtiing as a good war. I think that we've tended to seethe SecondWorldWarin a khd of casual, distanced, celebratory way. I tried to circumventa lot of the clich6sandmovebeyondthem, to restate tlem in a new way without betugdidactic.'

tfurilflt'Ji;TJi:;:ilr

,hedches"TillHlil;?t olotof torywoy.

I tried tocircumvent

11. MEII0SEOIVE

. Itlt lilH[0P0lJTAll 8.31.06

Photo byRmhlfticko cick@mxd.du

(oouelle While the Top:Jessiro lendsfie borol fie Wozee lounge ondSupper 0ubot llh ondWozeg downlown. periods, resfouronl hosilscolm ofier5 p.m.il slofitogefbusy. isonededic collection ofphotos, memorobilio ondmusic.

LefIEuco diBeppo! olmosphere (ooueile.

Locoled onlheSU/corner ol TheboroflheWozee tounge ondSupper dubisofienhndedbyJessico Above: forlunch. focompus lobeonolternolive Wozee ondl5ththe0ubisdose enough yogurt feotures ofsondwiches ondwroBoswellosicecreom ondfrozen Riglrt:Sury-Q-trozen Yogurl owideseledion

r 8.31.06 Illt tEIt0P0lJIAll

llffi05Pt0lVt.l5

o

o

I

I

By GtarteRcader. creader3@mscrl,edu

0ff-compus eoleries mixmonsler porlions, chorming ombience Suzy-Q-FrozelYogurt 709 16th Sr Betweenthe najor stations of Stout a:rdCaliforniaon the always-busyl6t Sheet Mall is a little deli a.ndice crearnparlor t}tat makes someof tle best sandwichesin the city at a reasonable price.

Suqy-Q-Frozen Yogurt nay be snall, but its sa:rdwie.hes are . flting, aad'with the option of sitting outsideaa6 rcysling in the bustling Denveratnosphere,it's a stop worth making. . the shopoffen tlree typesof sandwichesto its visitors: delistyle, oven-bhkedgourmetand wraps. Almost all of ftese come

Provolonecheese,is a spicy combinationthat gains someerdra zestwith addedltalian dressing.

Anidher iieledgble choiceis the baditional ($5.29), nhich has roistbeef, t0uke5a bim, Anerican cheeseand ranchdressing.The addition of ranchwith sproutsand cucumberscombinedwith the thiak layersof meat givethe sandwichan addedlayâ&#x201A;Źr of flavor, If the deli-stylesandwichsoundsbest, Suzy-Qfeaturessuch classicstyles suchas the BLt ($4.@)and the Reuben[94.39).

As for the wraps,all of wtich featurea spinachtortill4 tlere are sevenoptionsto choosefron, includinga gardenwrap ($4.29) witl vegetables,guacâ&#x201A;Źmoleand cheese. Suzy-Qalso offerstwo dillerent "boxlunches"for tlose onttre go. For about $7, onecanget a sandwichwith chips,cookie,gun and a choiceof potato,macaronior pastasaladBe sure to nake someroom for dessert,becauseSuzy-Qhas deliciousfrozen yogurt ($1.59 for snall, $2.39 for meilium ancl $2.9 for large)srd I iks ice cream($2.19for one scoop,$3.@ for two, and $3.79for three). to add tieir own toppings or go with old stand\n like vegetarIt maytale a coupleof bus hopsand a little walking but with ian, meat loversand supreme.Thereare three sizes- 10" ($6.25, all Suzy-Qhas to offer,the journey is morerhanworttr it. $7.25),14" ($10.25, $r2.2s)and16" ($14.25, $16.25)- andthe cost varies dependingon cheesetoppings.

WazeeSupper Clnb Anotler fuvorite is the buffalo burger [$5.95), which is 90 1600 15rb Sr percentfat free. Mt! 18 add-ontoppingsavailable,rangingfrom Nestledamongsomeof Denver'soldest buildings,the Wazee Americancheeseandbaconto bleu cheesecrumblesandavocado, SupperClub- locatedat 156 andWazee- hasbeena stapleof ttre dinerscanfirlly customizetheir burger.The bleu cheesecrumbles city for nore tla-n 30 years,and a visit today demonstrateswhy it are a perfecttoppingfor tlis grilled, juicy burger,as tiey deepen hasbeenamundso long. taste and enhancetle flavor.

Housedin what was originallya 1910plurnbingsupplyhouse, The SupperClubalso offers superbsandwiches.The albacore ttre WazeeSupperClub nraintainsa confortable, contenporary tuna melt ($7.25)is a tuna saladsandwichtoppedwith red pepatmosphereas it keepsits senseof history. persandmeltedSwisscheeseon sourdo"gh.The sandwichstaple In its nostalgicatnosphere,onecanheargoldenoldieson the is enla:rcedby the red peppers,which give it a spicy kick and stereoa:rdcatcha gameon one of t}te restaurant'srnanyTVs. fleshout the tuna's flavor.0ther optionsincludettre Philly cheese The best thing aboutthe SupperClubis the food,which cov- steak ($6.95),blue steat sandwich($7.95)andthe N.y style Reuen everythingfrom massiveburgersto award-winningpizzasto a ben($6.95). wide variety of Strombolisald sandvriches.

The onedrawfuck is tbat burgersand sandwichesare served The SupperCluboffers its trademarkBialca style, which in- iLla carte.Frenchfries or onionrings comeseparate$.An orderof cludesolive oil, fresh garlic, mozzarellaandherbs.Dinersarefue tie "frings" ($1.75- $2.75)- shich includesfries and onionrings

- is a goodchoicefor thosewho can't decide.

After onevisit it is easyto predicttlat tle WazeeSupperClub will be a stapleof Denverfor anotler 30 years.

Buca di Beppo 140Oltrartet Street A restaurant'satmospherecan go a long way. Averagefood cal find addedflavor in a distinctivesetting and cozyamtriance.

Buca di Beppois just across Speefat 14ft and ldarket and specializesin detailed,engagingltalial abnosphere.Thoughthe menu ofers. a mere$ averageselectionof classic Italian dishes, tlc coordinatedwall decorationsand ttrenatic nood musiclends

namcs:Fraft Si6tr4 JoeDiMagio and SophiaLqren. I!.44dtioh, eachmom on tle lower levql has a diflermt paint scbede,. atl witl variousfruits.

Musicby Sinatr4 DeabMartin andAl Martinois pipedthrough the restauralt and cbnplemeutsthe duttereil, colorfirl seffilg.

The restalrad is larger tlan it looks,consistingof an upperlevel witl kitchen andbar,and a sprawlinglower levelwith most of the seating.Beforebeingseate4 frst"time visitors ca:ralso get a tour of tle kitchen and an inboduction to tle chef.

The lunch menuis shorterthan tle dinner menubut still has a lot to offer.The sewings may be snaller, but they still pack a wallop.

The lunch menu includesa variety of appetizrn, fron garlic breadto fried calamari.The rest of ttre menuoffers a wide range of choicesin severalcabgories:salads,sandwiches,pizzq pastas and entrees- chicken witl lemon, eggplantparmesanor hesh salmon.

A goodway to start is with tle classic caesarsalad sewed witl an extra tang: lemon on tle .side.The chicken pesto vndwich includes pesto aioli, tonatoes and provolonecheese,ald is servedwith homemaderosemarychiFs.The comboof tender chickenaad provoloneis key to fhis sandwich.It's not too large, but it's quite filling.

If a rich, plentiful lunch is morewhat onecraves,the timeless chicken alfredo is a smart decision.Be wamed it's very filling, but everybite is just the right Ddx of creanrysauceand grilled chicken.It's a classicfor a reason.

Buca also has several mouth-wateringtwists on familiar desserts: chocolatecannoli, spumoni ice cream or honernade cheesecakeserved wittr sauce and toasted hazelnuts. It's hard to inagine having enoughroom for desserta.fter such a large neal, but tle options certainly nake it tempting.

Buca di Beppo'sfood is not extraordinary.It's also a bit pricier tlnn what many Metlo students ca:r spend on lunch. Still, tre concentatedItalian afuosphereaddscultrue to an otlerwise ordinaty dining experience,and sometimestie ambiancecan make all tle difference.

16. MtTR0SPtfilVt

r THIMtTR0P0[TAtl 8.31.06

From Extended Campus!

Check Us Out! Closeto home & work Eveningand Saturdaycourses Late starting classes Fr eepar king Computer labs Varietyof coursesavailable Tele-courses/Correspondence courses

Call for more information or

http ://www. mscd.edu / ^,options

,flTST : ..

IAB KC 317 PL 246 PL 307 sl 124

so

103

SS 119 Tlv 243 wc 244 wc 243 MetroSouth MetroNorth

Platfornr PC PC Mac & PC Mac & PC PC Mac PC Mac & PC PC PC PC

complywith ted online '2.htm

ton-flrurr

8am - 9pm 8am - 9pm 8am - 9pm 7 a m- 1 0 p m 8am - 9pm 8am - 9pm 8am - 8pm 7am - 10pm 8am - 9pm 9am - 8:30pm 9am-9pm tuwl 1 1 a m- 9 p m r a

Frida; 8am - 5pm 8am - Spm 8am - 5pm 7am - 8pm 8am - 5pm 8am- 5pm 8am - 5pm 7am- Spm 8am - 5pm 9am - 2pm 9am - 4pm

Satulday 8am - 5pm 8am - Spm 8am - Spm 8 a m- 5 p m 8am - Spm Closed 8am - 5pm 8am - 5pm 8am - 5pm 9am - 2pm 8am - 3pm

Sunday Closed Closed Closed 12 - 4pm Closed Closed Closed Closed C l os ed

Closed C l os ed

up of taUons

eserve nl

. Any MSCD studentwho is current-ly are availablein each of the labs asr: otabs .,.,i"

.

o I7 llEIR0SPtOUt

. 8.31.06 THtl{EIR0P0uTAll

ldam Goldstein. goldstea@mscd.du

Blues

i'iLn.xt StY,U"t '

i:lJ,S$ffi.#*rr Ais z, I u..{tr.:

Dru

9c\iore no,I,.'d rtog rl

tY

!

apq\d I

,F

ttwr L'quor{tr

J" ill '1""t*ti

b'*'ffi*iHo

cdtum,mon@mscd.edu by loe Ngrryen anrlGonorDrummond.ngupios@mscd.edu.

Across 1- Distributed cards 6- Biliiard implements 10- Celestialbody 14- Godof Islam 15- Languageof Pakistan 16- Ballet sbrt 17- Feudalvassal 18- Anger 19- Ancient Greek coin 20- Ballet enthusiast 23- Self-supportingshuctures Z7'More wan 28Tladitional kaowledge 29-Bother 34- Iook for 36- "Seeya!' 37- Cut (off) 40- Make urban 43- Washingtonbill 44- ksser 45- Woodenshoe 46- ?iny 48- Hire 49- Low voice 53- Amie with a gun 55-Approximations60- Mortgage 6l- Missioncontrol gp.

62- Reducegradually 67- Alley 68-Exclude 69- Foe 70- Reasonto cancelschoolTlScottishloch,hometo a monster! 72- Washlightly Dowa 1- hdia! dish 2- Biblical high priest 3- Beer 4- Fall behhd 5- Monetaryunit of Botswana 6- Coil 7- Russianrange 8- Verge 9- Hard fatty tissue 10' Moutllike opening11- Likeziti 12-Makeamends13-sovereign21- Tleeusedto makebaseball bats 22- Musical tlramas 23- Budget altemative 24- Aftermatl 25- Slattedwooden box 26- Onewho has sometling coning? 30- Unaccompanied31- Drawingroom 32Agitates 33- Pernit 35- Native rlrum 37- Defamation38- Form ofoxygen 39- Minor 4l- Filled pastry crust 42- Stooipigeon:.var. 47- Hither's parher 49- FJnginginstruments 50' Eastern 51' Shorthandtaker 52- Tendon 54- Gardenflower 56- Soon of fertility 59' Cerealgrain 63- Tropicalcuckoo 57-Domesticated 58- Egyptiangoddess bird 64- Compose65- The middleof summer?66- Cerealgrass (Solutionisunder Solutionfor puzzlecanbe foundat http://www.bestcrosswords.com,/.

Alg. 28 puzzle.\

HeyStudent lrganizalions!

GET SOME BREADdumbwaite

FROM THE CFC

Butthe othersare II I -

II

r+ II II

rrF

I ISth &Wazee in lodo Denver Mon.-Sat. l lam to 2am

303.623.9s18

Sun: noon to midnight

w a z e e s u p p e r c t u D .c o m

Happy Hour Mon.-Fri.4:00 to 6:00pm

,'l :

The Co-Curricular Funding Conmittee loossisl serves ullregislered student orgonizotions wilhfunds forcompus events.

Regi$ered Student 0rgonizolions 0reeligible forupto yeur. $3500euch

lllSCD hosuvoriely ofesloblished ucodemic ondsociol$udent orgonizolions.

1ogetinfoonlhese orgonizolions orfte Studenf pleose Lriiviiies crnrocr us:

'ii;,,l.i''.[: r' 1fi3.556.2595

Bryon Feudinger ondEliMishkin.

Acoslo, fiol bigbroins oresexy, IheHotlOsore,Iromleftfloine Proving world a::d providesback-upfalsettosfulI of lov- For a fulI list of performancesandvenuescheck out htto://www.southoarkmusic.com. ing tendemess.Keepingtempo for the trio is gur:r popping while Elaine Acosta, who enjoys Every year at about this tine, peoplehead sheplays. Her drumsclhk, clang ald tremble, downto SouthPark, Colo.for a four'day music at times clamorous,at otiers peacefiil.

The bandplungesinto eachperformanceas binge.The frfth ar:nual South Park Music Fesit is their last. Whenonstagetley demandatma.ny of which if tival features over 120 bands, indepentention, and with their fiz4r high-energyindieare from Colorado,but aII of which are pop, get it. tley dent.

The SouthPark MusicFestivalis the perfect Boastingthe likes of The Queers,Love Me Destroyer,Vaux,The Motet and Margot & the pLacefor the trio to cut looseand showColorado NuclearSo ald So's,the event also showcases a goodtime. Most of the festival is free to t}re smaller acts noving up tlre music industry lad' public, but there are a few conferencesand parties exclusiveto VIP badgeholders.The badges der.Onesuchis Denver'sThe Hot IQs. For years The Hot IQs have enterbafued run ciose to $149 for a single pass. Each day Coloradocrowds with their plaful antics. Eli has free events for both the 2l-and-up crowd Mishkin's voice sends ghostly chills up and a.ndyou:rgeraudiences.

The festival rms from Sept.7 tlrough Sept. down one's spine, while ls5ids hitn !ryan Feuctingerplays his basswithout a carein ttre 10,with partiesfromT p.m.to 2 a.m.eachtlay.

By Cassief,ood hoorlc@mscrl.erlu

Soul Position ThingsGoBetto Wth RJ andAL (Rhymesayers Entertainment,2006) ByBraldonlllartinez bmartl06@mscd.rdu

Soul Positionmight be the first notablehiphop act out of Columbus,0hio. Wl le hip-hop from the heartland often gives reasonfor caution, Soul Positionproveswith tleir sophomore effort, ?irngs Go Better With RJ and AL, that hometownsdonot definetalent. ProducerRfD2 andlyricist Blueprint mix sociallyconsciouslyrics with creativebeat-making,savingthemfrom the dreadedsecond-albu::r-jinx.

Most of the album is basedaroundtle use of horns.The usualhip-hopbassa:rddrumsare still there, thoughthey're not as prevalentas on nost hip-hoprecords.Wlile horns are becoming a valua.bletool for contemporaryproducers, RlD2's approachis a little different;he useshis horns to createratler than merely complement ttre beat.

The consciousrap beginswith 'Ha:rd-MeDowns,' continueswith "The Extra Mile" and endswith "Priceless."In eachof thesetracks Blueprint calls out the nainstream media and rap nusic for the lack of morality within the genre.

"I NeedMy Minutes"is the only flaw on the CD. It starts rvith a classic producingtrick: a slow beat underneatha fast emceeflow. What puts a sow taste to the track is tle dull, resoundi:rgchorus of "I need my minutes." The droningchorusslowst}re songdom, andby t}te time ttre next versestarts, it's not u/orth listen' ing to the rest.

Blueprint's finest moment comes on the track "The Cool Thilg To Do," a messageto his niece, SavannahShepard.TVuoverseslong

and right to the point, tlie track stressesthe pressuresof teenageangst and the decisionsa young woman must make. The beat stays out of the iimelight on this track wit}t somebackground guitar ald drums, even as its gentJe malaisemakesit easierto Iocus on Blueorirt's uniqueflow alil rhSaningstyle.

ThingsGoBetterWth RJ ondAL maybe ilsorientingfor the averageListener,as most of the tacks are short ald only last abouttwo verses, as opposedto most rap songs,which tlpically have at least three versesand strongerchorusthe beat-making and es andnelodies.However, llrica.l contenton this albumcan rival arything on the radio today,makingit notablenotjust for Ohio,but also for the consciouship-hopmovement.

Bit.06.Itt ilHt0p0ulAlt

m. AUDIO flttS

DIYordie:nellobels liberqte music Eyfoebuahilh tsie$@nsct.Gft

Sutenos.net," says Walkman,head of Litluania's, Sutemos,vihich is both a netlabel and a music-focusede-zine.'So I guessthe benefits sitl ttreintroduction of MP3technologr are pretty clear." andpeer-to-peerfilesbariugnetworks,tle wodd For nost peopleinvoftredin tle movement, bas watchedthe musicindusty drop headfrst dollar sips and bottom lines never comeinto into a pool of eristential angstas it searchesfor play. The simple act ef making music firely a new identity in a suddenlyurfamiliar world. availablefor anyoneto hear is the start and end Regardlessof wtere you stand on the issue point of tleir philmophy.As Noah Cbristopher of the digital music tade, everyonecan agree of Denvet'sorpnSeedsound label said,'My labet tlat it's here to stay.Howeve4,it's not all stolen isnt generatingincome,andwas nerrerintended music and saging record sales,as a new sort to. At one time I thought about wa5n to cover of record label bas sprung into existenceas a server costs, but at this point I've decidedto result ttre netlabel. pay for it out of-pockel lt's sort of a gft back V/hat usually surprises most people about into tle communitytlat inspiredne in ttre first the netlabel phenonenon is tle price you're place.' asked to pay for tle music offere4 vrhich is The questionarises,tlough: doesthe fact nothing. tbat music will be releasedwith little or no 'I like the Dff attitude," says Shaun chanceof monetarygain tlrive away musicians Blezard,creativetlirector of Earth MonkeyPro who night wish to nake their living on their ductions,a nonprofit basedin the U.K 'I was a art? purk rocker back in the clay,and ttris attitude, "l{ot so far, thougb I've only been doing throug! cassette lalels, etc-, still excitâ&#x201A;Źs ne it for 8 nontls or so,' said Adrian of $dne5a aesttreticallyand politically. I had someof my Aushalia's4-4-2Music.'$uf I dsa't imagineths ovtn music to put out witl no noney to spend, well will dry up too quickly when you take into so I started Earft MonkeSrto do that Then I considerationthe fact tlat the globeis opened put out a friendb E.P ard it sort of grew quite up to connectwit}. I havenoticedtlat it's elecquickly fron there." bonic-basedproducerswho seemmore willing This nets rerrolution in rnusic disbibution to releasemusic for free tlough, probablydue has sffff6d us 4 lrodd in which all you needto to low productioncostswhile naintaining high baveSoursoundheardby a globalaudienceis a productionstanrlards.'

'While websiteandhosting sewice.Nowtlose rpith the it is tue ttrat the bulk of tle nusic ofambitionto run a record label - but not neces- feredtlrough netlabelsis from elecbonicmusisarily tle neans - have an avenueto pronote cians,the bedroomproducernatureof tle genre music and artists tlat they believein As a re- hasalloweda wide rangeof experimentalnusic sult, netlabels have becone a lalnch pad for to be offeredto a vast audience.The readyavailnary musicianswhose work may have otlerability of ttris music to anyonewith an Intemet wise goneunnoticed. connectiongives curiouslistenen ttre chanceto "As far as I how, EMI got interested in exploremusic ttrey may have never heard ot}Stocffiustefs music after it was released on erwise.

oismit293@rmcd.ed! ft010 ilrst0t'on ty.l0ililo Smitfi So while the birtl of MP3 culture and online music tadilg is sometimesthought to be damagrngthe music industy as a whole, ttre existenceand growing popularity of netlabels showsttrat a new ethic in music distebution is emergingin taltlen with the advancesin technologr amilable.

pollutes The DirlySouth theintegrity ofthehip-hop scene The South ls fam616for many ttrings: noonshine, accents and,let's faceit, blatant acts of racism.But asidefrom that, s'hat doesttre South bring to the table? As far as Southernhip-hop goes,it's hard to take seriously.

The South'smost recognizableartists, Ul'John, ChingaPaul Wall andT.I., are a festeringinfectionwithin tle hip-hopconmu. nity. Their lyrics are stale and representnothing ercept the bare nininun of getting paid and getting hid.

The musiclacks substalce andis mostly directedto tle club crow<[with beatsnade of a q'hole lot of bass,tlrums and ambient noises.

Lil' John,the South'sresidentproducer,regrettab$ has talent in beat-meking,but his tacks usually have bland choruses tlat consbantlyask you to closomething,like "Snapyour fingers," or "Rock with it" It's ridiculous. But rapping is not his forte. I still cant believehe madea careeras an emceewith a ttrree-word vocabulary:"okay,' !ea.h," and bhat" the maiastreamlisteners just lappedit up.

The southern hip-hop culture has gotten into everything.

'Grills,' a noutlflece coveringthe teeth and madefton various flashy materials susfuas diemeadsor gold, are really not even a new fad. Public Eneny's Flava Flav has beenwearing tlose sincetle early '80s;ttrey <inFly madethem moreexpensive.The "pimp cup,' an absolutelyterrible waste of money,is a gold cup encrustedwith diamondsusedto drin! "crunk juice" which could be anything,but I still don't how exactlywbaL

ERTI{DOX ruffiIil[I bmartl00@nscd.edt I hateto blamethe regionfor morethin a couplebadapples, but as long as tley continueto flash upside-dovmpeacesigns to representAtlanta, someonehas got to be held responsible.The virus is consumingeveryonein the musicindustg artists eitler collaborateor take a bit in albun sales.

Most of the peopleviho listen to this poor excusefor hip hop cant evenrenemberthe time when an emcee'sshll uas his hook- Not tle moneyhe made,not the women,not the car he's rlriving or the gigantichousehe lives in.

I'm here to tell you it wasnt alwaysthis dirty in tie Southlct metake you backto a time whenAntlre 3000was still lmown as Dre andwhen BushwickBill still hadboth of his eyes.

The Souttrwas just a pl,aceon a map as far as hip-hopwas concemed.Then ttre Geto Boys releasedtleir tlebut album tre

Cant Be Stop$ed.the contoversy over the releasesparkedthe e4)osure neededto get the regionnoticed.The album also presentedtle back that gavethe GetoBoyscrethibility,'Mind Playing l}icks 0n Me.l Theparanoid,insonniac-basedlyrics revealed , the talent behindtleir gangsterpersona Ortkast, a recognizedforce within the hip-hopworld, is anotler leg ttrat keepsttre Souttrstandingproud.Howarer,the nusic they've nade is beingoversbadowed by what is now kendy.

Outlast's first albun, matlea Southemplayalistiailillaanuzrft, differenceaad gainedttre respecttle Souttrdesenredin the era of the East CoastWest Coastbattle. The albun also won tlem tle arard for Best New Rap Groupat The SourceAwards.

Anested Developmenl the bohemial rap group from Tennessee,kept to their ovm style and shovrcdtle social imperfections that piaguedthe Soutl. They brouglt to attention the still prevalentracial intoleranceof tle Southemregion.'Tennessee," the group'sbreak-tbrough single,preachedtogettremessandmderstanding.

Slhy is the Souttremmusic of the past ss 616[ $gfi91rhan the updatedDirty South?It's very sinple: they havelost ttre true mea::ingof hip-hop,which is beingableto explrin otre'senvironment througb lyrical contentand the natural beat of the region.

Losingthe aspectof eachneiglborhoodbeing special,different and yours makestle music less relatable,nore forced and less original. For all tlat it's worth, lets bring tle true Southern ootentialback.

AUDI0 tlLtSr 2l

. 8.31.06 tllt MFlR0P0LlTAt{

rlelf Blind hopolg Plastered FullaMastere4 (self-released, 2004) EyTilliam Grooh rcrook@nscd.c'rlu If you'rein tle schoolofthoughttlat punk rockneedsa swift kick in the proverbialass, you'renot alone.Notonlydoesit needa blow it needsa defibrillator.Sponto tle backside, witlt formul4angst taaeityhasbeenreplaced with fashiona:rdrebellionwithnoney.Perhaps puk wasn'tileadin 1979wten Crasssaidit

was, but it has at ieastbeenin intensivecare.

However, if HalJ Blind's Fully Mastered, ho|oly Plasteredis any indication of the future of punk rock, then expectit to makea full recovery.

The self-defined luDk" - that is, jan plus punk - band from Boulder has set out to breat!.e somemuch-neededfresh air into the emp\nema-ridden iungs of punk rock. Drawing from a wide spectrumof musicaltaditioas, Hdf Blind creates a musical party platter of styles, incorporating everytling from somber jazz saxophone,piano sonatas and spoken word poetryto heary guitar ald frenetic ilrumming,resulting in somethingudeniably punk.

The song 'One Note Unilertow"represents the best exampleof this crrlminationof nusical genres.It begins with a soft grand piano played over the onirous soundsof a helicopter flying over oceannraves.The soundeffects are a bit cheesy,but tley serveas an effective segue into tle coming song, which is fastpacedpulk at its finest. The vocals are raw,

expressiveand nasterfully detveredby peoplei who were obviouslychoir geeksin high school ! judging by tleir artful use of harmoniesfall ! ing into place neatly in front of the nusic. i It's definitely di.fferent,and na$e punk's nd I

dead.Maybeit's just Itulf Blind.

: :

TeamAIVESOME! TeanAWESOME! GreatestHits! VoLl! (Stillsoft recordings,2005) BytVilliamGrool rcrook@mscd,edu 0n Tea:nAWESOME!'s debut album, is TeanAWESOME! GreatestEits! VoLl! +J:.ere enougb sugar-popto make a person tliabetic.

The 21 indiviilually wrapped,two-ninute serv-

ings of syrth-pop offer themes ranging fron 6alring new friends and fuIling in love to generosity, camaraderieand communitybuilding, most oI which are veiled through ostentations like taking rocket ship rides, sharingtlte slide on t}te playgrourd, or building forts.

Ofthe morecharmingaspectsof TeanAWES0ME!, TeammateKara's raps are amongthe top. Shetakes the styles of customaryrap and appliesit to the tlemes usedby the bald, resuiting in a fluid, masterful arnalgamof two quite disparatemusicalveins.When combined with TeammateChuck's sweet, sinple and emotionalmelodies,the result is nothing less than pretty pop of the highest order.

The rnusicitself maybe the sweetestthing of all inorporating any of a score of instruments, such as a Fisher Price lrylophone,a Casiokeyboard,acousdcguitars, electric guitars, triangles, a drum mirchine,an accordion, a cello and anythhg else that males a sound when it is hit, strummed or shalen. There's evena vocoderusedto great effectin tle track 'The Best Part of the Ygar."Thesesoundsare all melted down into a sweet, simple sonic Ioilipop tlnt cntn:butesto the super-adorable ! experience.

TeanAWESOME Thebandmembenadnittedly dont always know how to play all of the instuments, but what they lack in technicalmastery they more

tlal male up for in heart. : A snall part of the charm of TeamAWE-!

SOME!is lost in listening to the album,as the i live perfomancestypically featuresuchathzc- i tions as life-sized papier mdch6 flower trees ! and rocket ships,and the now-infamouscinna-! monroll hug. Thoseelementsreally addto ttre i experienceand the bandis best enjoyedtive. i Just don'tforget to bring alongthe insulin. ! : : a :

22. SP0II

elllt MtTR0P()LlIAtl 8.31.06

VOICES UNIOUE Insight is looking for new & distinct writers.

If you brcak the mold and can write clearly and effectively, we want you!

Conservatives, women, and people of all color and lifestyles who \yant to share their stories are asked to contact llatthew Quane, Insight editor at mquane@mscd.eduor (303) 556-2507

.'. Letters to the editor are ahvavs welcome.

Deadline: N{ondays at 3pm. Email Matthew- AI nquane@mscd.eduor leave them at the O{fice of Student l\Iedia,Tivoli 313.

t

3 subjel io creditquali6c.tio..To qualit lot a well5 FaEo Collegev 5a. cfedn caid, ,tudenr musrbe at le.tl 18yâ&#x201A;Ź.R ol age.nd ihow poof of collegeenrollment. o 2006Well5FargoBanlsN.A.AllrighG reseMd. Mmbâ&#x201A;Źr FDIC.

o l.g up brginseoson Metrowomen Strongsecond-halfD

defensea:rd better conditioningto hold the tired A.rgonautsto zerocornerkicks or shotson goalin

fOf paif

"rh.gu'" *u" u.ry Hanavan said. bigweekend."

*':ff:ilLf helps'Runnershang e on "Weloew te had to steDit uo becauseit's a Of One-gOal

WinS

Dhvsical.but tlat's somethinswe haveto come out anddo.Andwe did,we got the victory."

By feremy fohnson The following Sundaythe Roadrulners com' ijohn308@mscd.edu pleted the weekendsv/eepat Auraria Field with Duringthe offseason, the Roadrunners added a sleepy1-0wil overthe St. Edward'sUniversity nilre new playersto the fornidable dozenwho re- Hilltoppers(1-0-1).

Halavan scoredin the 34s minutewi& a shot turaed.but the 2006Metro'*'omen'ssoccerteam remails muchas it wasin 2005:unbeatable. that deflectedoff a Hilltopper defender.The goal The first win of 2006 cane Aug. 25 agailst rlas tlre only scoringactionin an otherwisedefen' nationallyranl<edWest Florida (0-1-1)at Aura- sivebattlefocusedonpossession.

"It's a completelynewdefensethis year,but I ria Field,wherethe 'Rr:nners(2-0-0)scoredtwo goals il the first hal{ and held on for a 2-1 viin. think everyone'ssteppingup ald doingwhat they backNicoleCito defensive The Argonautscameinto the gameralked slrth needto do,"sophomore in the nation,while Meho vrasrarked No. 5. said.'Hopefullywe'll be as solidas we werelast "It wasgoodto piaya reallygoodteam,"head year." coachDannySanchezsaid."For our 6rst gamewe The Hilltoppers were held to only five shots have a lot to work on, but if we don't test our- on goal and, as in Friday'sgamewhen Metro's selvesagainstgoodteamsv/e won't find out." second-halfsavry took over, the 'Topperswere Just three mhutes hto ttte fust half, Ar- held to one shot and no cornerkicks in the latter gonauts' grad student forward Anancla Light stanza.

"I was very pleasedwith how we played,' clroppeda benderfrom outsidetlre box tlat floated over the head of Metro junior goalkeeperRachel Sarchezsaid.'I thoughtwe did well fdefensively), andthe goalswill come."

Zollner.

'Runners Senior midfielder Amira Ebel evened the The chancescerLainlycamefor t]rc scorewith a goaldevelopedandassistedby senior and seniorforward Kira Sharpin the secondhalf. forward Kylee Hanavanand senior back Brooke Sharpwas unableto finish on a coupleof opportuKiefer. nities ir fiont of the net. but tlte nidflelder-turned"The goal camebecauserve all worked hard forward remails confidenttJratshe can makethe to score. together," Ebel said. "We have a lot of depth to neededadjustments "I defuitelywalt to get somemorelooks up this team."

The key to Metro'sdepthmaybet}te nue new top a::dto getsomegoals,"Sharpsaid."Hopefuliy transfers ard recmits. After struggling for con- I canget that done." trol of the ball - ald her feet - in front of West The Roadrunnersalways seemto get thhgs Florida'snet, freshmanforward BeccaMayscame done.Metrohasnot lost a gamesince2004,when out of a tz.nglewith a defenderto sendhomethe they went on to win the Division-Il national title. game'winninggoal,her first ir collegiatepiay.

The 'Ru:rners were eliminated from last year's "I couldn't decideif I was goingto fall or if i NCAAElite Eight in a shootoutwith Seatde-Pawas goi:rgto shootit," Mays said. Sa:rchezcalled cific. The gane enteredrecordbooksas a tie.

The 'Runnerslook to keep tleir unbeaten Mays"dangerous'and "deceptively athletic."

"We cameil with hall retumees and halJ in- streakalivenext weekend,whenthey beginRocky play.Metro will host Adarts coming players, and it's scary,' Hanavan said. Mountail conJerence 'But they're all really goodand car:play soccer." Stateon Sept.I and endthe weekendagainstNew The 'Runners returned to a signahrre San- MexicoHighlandson Sept.3. Both gameswill be chezteam in the secondha.lf.usingpossession, held at Auraria Field.

ofWesf Florido I Meho2, University

Finol Soccer Scores: IUletrol, St.Edword's iWomen's 0 Universily

o riversel@mscd.edu lvenen Pholo by[huck

defensive bockLuroCorler neorfte boflles withWeslFlorido forword Kylee Honovon Melrosenior from field.Ihe'Runnen come bock omckhonAug.25qlAurorio sideline forconlrol ofthebollduring 'Runners byHonovon.Ihe beol5l.[dword's, withtnog00kinfie firdhulf,bothosisled o0-l deficit stored theonlygool fid doles bockto 2004.Honovon o winning slreok l-0, onAug.27lo conlinue phenom wosolsonomed theRocky Mounloin Alhletic infhewinovertheHilhoppers ondtheforword 'Runners (onference ployogoin$ l.

Adoms Slote Sepl.

Ployer oftheWeek.

The begin conlerence

24. SP0RT

. THtMUR(}P()l-llAN 8.31.06

-l

o 25 5P0Rl

. 8.31.06 IHtlltfi0P0tlTAil

in upset uround Metromengetkicked Dy Eric tilsing lansinq@nscd,edu Overthe spanof a season,a soccerteamwill seeits shareof ups and downs.This past weekendencapsulatedttre trials and fuiumphsof a firll year for the Roadmrnersmen'ssoccertean .

Metro split its two-gamehomestandwith a heartbrerLing3-2 loss to Midwestem State and a 1-0 win againstWest Floriila at Auraria Field tlis past weekend.

"The frst game,we didn't really play as a team," said fteshnaa forward Itrfume Mason. "We needeila gameto gel. And it showed(in the first game),becausewe ditlnt play that well. But still, we alrnosttied the game.Totlaywe showeda lot of improvement as a team."

In the seasonopeneragainstMiclwesternState,the Mustangs scoredfirst when sophomoredefenderBraanonCalverttook a lob passfrorn junior ndtlfielder Daniel Brown and puncheda header past freshmanSan Vickery in ttre first half.

Only15 secondsinto the secondhalf, MidwestemStatetook a 2-0leadwhen sophonorenidfielder AbmadIhmeidantook a shot to the low comer of the net, just out of goalieVickery'sreach.

For ttre next 43 minutes,Metro showedtheir offseasonmst wittr less-tlan-stellar play. Their passeswere off-target, their hustle had fadedand frustration was building as sophomoreJobn McClainwas ejectedfrom tle game after receiving twq yello$' cards.Meto continuedwittr only 10 of its starting I I players. [iith a two-goallea( the Mustangskept tle Roadrunnersout of theA zoneby leaving five to six playen on defenseto thwart aly offensiveattack. This is a com:lon state$/ in soccer,and Midwestem State worked it to perfectionuntil almost ttre last minute of the game.

Ptroto byHeotlpr Lor{mfBurke. lsrgrq@nrd.du

mokes fieslide tockle. lheRoodrunAhmod lhme'rlon midfielder fr{osoq dght, oilorkthebollosMidwesfem fonrord Wtnne Metofreshmon

trtte89tminute,Metrofnallyfoundthebackofthenetnensoredfogoohinfe|ostminuhoffeg0meb|0rCe|hemo|thinto lnockedone bounre teshman whennewlvtransferred ,KellenJohnson gome. tfieonlygoolinsundoy's byscoring bock willio I -0winoverwestFlorido past the goalkeeperoff an assist by senior Antonio Porras,putting ttre scoreat 2-1.

"It feels great." Johnsonsaid about contributing tb his new tean. "last yearwhen I was playing (at DenverUniversity), I was injured most of the year. I feel like I am part of the team."

Howeve! the goal led to a yellow card for excessivecelebration whentle Metro playerscongregatedinto a pile and took too nuch time congratuladngJohnson.After ttre refereeamounced the yellow card,junior Mark Cronie yelled sometling at him and receivedhis secondyellow card of ttre <lay,forcing him to tle benchand leaving the Roatlrunnerstwo men down for ttre rest of the game.

After taking almost 90 minutesto scoretheir first goal, Metro only needed23 secondsto scoreanotherwhenjunior forward SbaunElbaumtied the wit!. al assist from lohnson: As regulation 0ff,ttreplayersshookbandsandwalked

to ttreir respectivebenches,begrnningto take off sbirts and shoes.

Then MidwesterirState head codchDoug Elclerwalked over to the scorer's desk and asked if overtirnewould be played.After a few ninutes of discussion,it was decidedthat the gamewould continueinto suddendeath overtime.The playersreilresseda:rd took the freld.

After giving up the lead in the final minute, t}re Mustangs were fired up to bave a secondchance,and tley took only fow miriulss fe scaL in overtime.Seniorforward Brian.Swartzendruber scoredthe game-winninggoal off an assistby Brown.

'It was disheartening,'Metro head coachKen Parsonssaid.

"For the guys to comeback and scoretwo goals in 23 seconds was certainlya.nimpressivecomeback.Erpecting the team to go tlrough two l0-minute overtimesagainsta team with a two-man advantagemayhavebeentoo tall a task"

Sunday'sgamewas less clramatic,witl Metro scoringan early goal in the fint half againstthe Argonautsa:rd neverlooking back.JohnsonassistedMasonin the game'sonly goal scored.

West Florida was never in tle game,as ttrey only had ttrree shotson goal, noneof which challengedthe goalkeeper.Parsons believedtlat the altitude playeda part in the win and was happy with his team' results for tle weekend.

'We got two quality opponentsright away" Parsonssaid-'We wanted to see honr we measuredup against otler parts of the county and I feel pretty goodon how the tean played.'

Men's Soccer Scores: tloddo 0 ofWesl tlelro l, University

'Runnevolleyholl lomeusure up struggles fy Fremylohnson ilohr3ltr@nrcd.du

)-

was crucial in Metro's frst win of ttre season.Greenposted22 kill5 aad bit .462 ot ttre attack. Senior outside hitter Stefa:rie The Meho wone{'s volleyball team is used to slow starts Allison added20 kills and 15 digs, and red-shirt senior nidclle ag'ainstquality oppon$ts. Iast year'steam startedwith a record blockerMeganMttenberg addedsix blocks.Metro hit .350in the of 4-5 before t-king 17 of 19 natches headinginto the Rocky matchoverall,while Augustanamustereda neager .129 attack.

"I tlink we got a little better flow with our defense,"HenMountainAtlletic Codfereucechampionship.

As in the past, the Roadnrnnersstugled out of the blocks, dricks said."The last daywe were running tle middlebetter.You losingtwo of thee in the Ferris StateTournanentin Big Rapids, want to establishttre nriddlefirst so you canopenup the sides."

Greenhad a secondsolid gameagainstHillsd:ile wit! 18 kills Mich. on Aug. 25 atd 26. Metro was swept Friday in their frst match of tle seasouagainst Califomia University of Pennsylm- and a .t1!13hitting percentage,but the tâ&#x201A;Źan posted an anemic nia. the 'Runnerscameback Fritlay morring wit! a frve-setwin .187 attack in tle sweep.Greenwas recogpizedfor her efforts as overAugustanaCollege,but were swegtlater in the aftemoonby sfts was nams! to the weekend'sAll-lbunnamentteam.

The Roatlrunners'attark hit rock botton aginst Califomi4 Hillsrlale College.

"Ite frst coupleweeks of a seasonare prett5lmuchjust ... vihen Metro's hitting percentate droppedto .08L the 'Runners to seewhere you're at,' headvolleyball coachDebbieIlendricks remainedclosein all tlree sets dueto a poor hitting attack ftom said. Tt's a measuringstick for where you are and vihere you Califomia (.194),but let errors (23) and lack of kills (32) lead conpareto differentlevelteans in tle county, anil we're looking tlem to anotherloss.

'We are mrLing far too many errors," Hendricks said. "We at it that way." broke dowu in servicing we broke down in hitting errors, we Meho startedoff shong, defeatingAugustanah a natch tlat 'Run- broke rlownout of the systemtoo much.It's real fixable,but we testedboth teams' endura:rcecominginto ttre season,The nerswere down2-1 cominginto tle fourtl set btrt sq/epttle next haveto recognizeit frst to fix it." the Roadrunnenhost tle ColoradoPremierChallengeSept two,30-24and15-5.

Junioroutsidehitter Julie Greencameup big all weekendand 1 and 2 at the Auraria EventsCenter.

SCHEDULE IUlen's Soccer ol fott hwis 2p.m.,Sept.

3

wo"J,i}flso((el Adon'sSmte 5p.m., SeptI Aumrio Field

llewterko Hfullmds Noon, Sept3 Aurorio Field

Volleyboll Women'g (olorodoPrcrderClu[mge l-2 iloon, Sept furorio Event Cenhr

Country Cross

t{yonrhrg Inviloliord Sept I l"olomig lTyo.

{

. THE 08.31.06 ilEIt0P0LlIAl{

Galendar

lyengar Yoga - Iuesdoy l0 Nio - lllondoys ll - 1155 ond Wednesdoys o.m.

Seplember 2,2006 -10:55p.m. yogo lyengor ismo$fomous foriis l0 llo.m, l,lio blends donre, mortiolorts, toirhiond FocultyPiono Recitqlond Leconproper alignment Props oreused tohelp yogo toaeote otruly holistk experience.

-0nfieAurcrio Yogo Progroms - /vlots & props ore emphosis fure comousstfie |(ino Center poses ottoin ond creote o sense of eose even in fie Allsesions willbeheld orovided. ottheStFroncis ploy p.m.

Recitul l|oll.

Aworio fourlry kbusy ot i Frce poses. ofworking with chollenging AA Meetingson Compus-Pleose Atrium.

Pleose weor comfortoble forthe midst dothing odmission. contort Billi 0t(303) 556{525 ifyou ore intere$ed in pleose sesiom listed below. formore informotion, e 12$epmeetings oncompus thisFoll. moil wilkinli@mscd.edu orcoll(303) 556-6954. -FreeBloodPressureScreenings rhoiring September 7,2006 Every Fridoy attheHealth ienter, 150 Plom from 2 - 4o.m. lotino lnithtive to FosterEmConcer Support Groups Pleose Ma] Hlar';s- l/londoys ond lhursdoys, Noon ployment Event- The (30il Nolionol $cirety of contocl lindo WlkinyPierce for detoih ot 556- I p.m.

Pilotes isocombinotion ofstretching ond Hisponic MBAt Derrver thopter will ho$ing event h 0n (TB) Free ond Tuberculosis 6954. strenglfiening exercises thot emphosize body symmetry HIV -0ngoing forlolino $udents ohutdevelopment opportunilies ot Testing otthe Heolth [enter otAurorio. ond obdominolcontrol.

Regis University.

The evenl isopen toLotino undeqrodu[oll(303) 5561525.

Troining for Mentors Volunteen ote students from sunounding colleges. tree odm'rssio youth. ote needed t0 serve 0s menton lo oliisk No -l p.m.

Genjle Yoga- Wednesdoys l'loon ond snorks will be for orovided. more informolion Energy expertise needed.

Coll603)995./060 formore gently your Gentle Yogo isobout bringing body ond -Eoring for Heolth ond (303) Arcncibio 0t(610) 349.3//0.

Pleose coll Suson l(rems ot 7/0-8433 or informotion or emoil occmentoring@mentoring for contoctJoonno giving yourself(303) mind bock intouch with eoch other ond for infomotion. mote InI0.

556-6BlB your ochonce toheol. lt encouroges tohtgoof body Septemhr 10,2006 gentle, poced buih uptension ond stesThis slower -Thisreloxing you Unwind! mediolion helps Decqdes I nf luence: of Colorudo proctice mokes itoccesible topeople ofollsizes, oges, AIDSWolk Colorodo-90.m..

- Presenl - Ihismultimedio unwind ofter o busy doy ond find the reservoir t985 of exhibil fitnes ond levels. furk.

Aumrio Wolk leom need more peorc your ond trunquiliiy residing within the$ote's most innovolive ondmost olCheesmon deep mind.showcoses (303) members.

For more informolion, mll 556-6333. p.m. oreevery Thursdoy from 4- 4:30 otSt influentiol contemporory orlists.

Iheexhibit willrunot Yqo as lherupy- Wednesdoys li5 Sessions Teom #1170 0t(303) 861-9255 orgoto (enter troncis Atrium. fie for Visuol Art from iune 16 to August 26. Toregi$e1 -2i5 p.m. yogo l|onso's teoching onodopt dmsitol www.oidsurolkcolomdo.org.

- 6p.m., houn Gollery orell o.m.

Tuesdoy-Fridoy; y0g0 poses physicol topeople who hove cfiollenges.

- After noon -5p.m., Soturdoy. tormore infomotion, colllhe you yogo leonhovr con from benefit hotho 0lony oge The Arl of lledirofion Seplenber lt 2006 you Unwindl, in o discusion thot will help leorn 294.5201.

CVAot60il ioin ond inony condition. youmeditotion proctice. how todeepen Monoging TesrAnxiefy Work August 31,2006 Hatha'Yogo- Iuedoys t'|oonI p.m. leom otTlvoli65l.lhis is shop - 1-2p.m. sesion your how torejuvenote body ondmind withsimpleTobqccoCessotionSupporr- The Student Involvement Foir At designd preporewellforlesh fustudents who but morry types 0fhelp to$op.

Center offen Coll Aurorio comuous.

Get invohed with$udent ocfivilies. yogo po$ures while howyogo the Heolth discovedng connects thetesttormore confidence during informolion prizeslose Ienh will be up otfie flogpoh with f00d, fun, 603)556-2525. set body, mind ond spirit conloctlhe MSCD [ourueling CenHatlivoli65l u llo.m-2o.m. ond beods from For more infomolion (303) 55&3132 or www.msrd.eduAoumd contoct 303-556{595 or303-556-3399.

0]tG0tNG

)n

o

I

Artis@

TheMSCD Officeof StudentMediahasgraphicartistpositionsavailable.Youwill be designingwith PowerMacG4 & G5 workslationsandwork in our productionroom. If you area currentlyenrolledMeho Statestudentand availableliZ5 hours eachweek,we'd like to meetwith you. Must know InDesign,Illustrator,Photoshop, andAcrobat.Call (303) 556-2507for more information.We will pay you $8.00 an hour to help us out, we need it. Work studypreferred.

-{

2l

Itlt tflt0P0lllAll. 8.31.06

UPr0 s250A AT IHE PTPSIlBAm[ilDtilG! EROOIOY]IS .Center Iroining l'|ecesory. for Doy. l'|o[xperience isnow occepling opplicofiotrs 965'6520 Age l8+0|(.1CI00) Pleme opplyPruided. o busy fol/winter secson.

556t50/ Phone: 603) AUTFTIC OfDEIIGHTTUI. PARTIIIS lll30 4pm,xt2l5. between 2ond thru Fridoy to*(303)556-3421 siblings ore /vlondoy thildondher2 odoroble l4re orciu$ocrms Poftwoy.

Inperon:Iirroli#313 (ofter foro port-time school on 901Aurorio looking vioIntemet: Adveitising theAurorio Compus. 8/31 AN}IOU}ICEThEIIIS prcvider. on from Emphosis Mon-lhun{ri) corc hM/tlwrret.alle@ie*.am contmunicotion withttre ondinteroction stGilA A1PHAUilBDA, A RTfiTAIIOIIAI. GYIIIIASIIC ploy ho$ing dotes, children, fun oclivities, word forshdenB o&ore15(per Closified ond Honors Nolionol Leodership Looking forposrlivg Wonbd!

Cooches Pleose coll wift homewo( etc. helping Slute ot filetropoliton enrolhd cunenfly wilhovet60 chophrs people toioinourleom. lrtlu$ be 0rgonizolion hoppy efl 39F5790.

CI00 per torollolhen30( [ollege ofDenver. isse*ing frolivoted lhecounily, oeros upbeot teoching ond hove enioy energelic, fordosified wod ltioximum length word. o locol to osistin storling students needed.

Some expedence (osh,lrttDcAsH? llttDspenonolity. ourzl{os required.

Pre-poyment ods is50words.

(3.0GPA Requird).

Contoct Rob pruvided. poy!chopter troining Greot Denvet' & Mdilionol in Melro drivers [)elivery ondft{mterCord money VISA, chect, oder, (303) D,evelopmen ot Director ofChopter 693'fiiner, Gymnoslics Schoolof Potenfiol toeomAuroru locofions. fordosified od sunounding Ihedeodline oreoccepted.

9/21 8/31 rmine@mlhonors.otg. prior plocement tothe Sl0$15 is5pm onlhurdoy und lips.

Collr007. onhour /woges moy Closified ods h todoy.l(866)743-9801. week ofpublicotion.

8/31 - ruASt . ilUSI A['SWAlr( C0l0nAD0 PT.OffICTASSISIAilT plocedviofux, ulhM/ inperson otonline you!

Wolk Teom, weneed theAurudo grcot workioin ottitude, disploy outgoing Thedeodline then*.ukgdosifreds.om.

PNPARATORY THT AYID COII.TGT l0lh9:00o.m.Cheesmo September vioonline ordeilng ods withpeople. forplocing dosified wofting efiicondenioy Distdct infieCherry [reek School Progrom Infomofion ondcontoch: Fridoy week.

For isseeking is3pm foriln follordng Compus indude: orgonizing, filing,Pork. tutors tofocilitute middle ondResponsibililies disploy odvertising, informolion ondosifid Io Regisler.Team tosks.

Ability tolift (30il 556-6333 bosic computer enonds, gruups.

Mu$ become high school leoming thon 40 (9255) more thot conloin which oreods 303-861{llALK 0rtt'lww. hove#1170 Dfve/s lieensg mu$ 40hs.Volid per Poys o district employee.

510.00 0l lorger typgbode$, wods orcontoin 9/7 Denver.oidswolkcolorodo.org ot662 Gront Streel; Apply Forcor. ovoiloble. hour.

Vorious schedules (303) cnll 556t507. ortwork, 8/31 Vining ot(720) collKothy informotion, PARTCO]I OR GPIIATISIh? 554-4527.

INFO CTASSIFITD

F

?, I I

HETP WANTED

7

:: i

.'l .1

? '{

I l l

J

1 rl

i

I

1