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A group of about 150 protestors rallied atCivic Center Park Nov. 3 to speak out against therecent elections and march through downtownin protest, ending up in a confrontation withDenver police and a local teleyision station.

The event was loosely put together by e-mails and flyers, which read "Democracy in theStreetg" and urged participants to bring posand pans to create noise and show their opposi-tion to the recent election.

Sgt. Michael Pace of the DowntownMotorcycle Unit said the police were informedthat day about the protest by flyers that had beenposted downtown.

According to Creative Resistance memberqthe rally wasn't organized by any one group,partly for legal reasons, and pardy becausepeople were tiere to express their anger overmany different issues.

People began to show up around 6 p.m.,walking from all directions, many banging skil-

lets and carrfng signs.Cody, 2r, a computer securities student at

Front Range community college, carried a signthat read, "RIGGED: DON'T BUY THE LIE."

'l don't believe the way this election wascarried is legit," said Cody, 21, referencedGeorge Orwellt novel 1984 when declining togive his last name. "With an administration whohas proven to have no scruples when it comesto lying, why should we trust these electronicmachines that leave no record?"

At around 6:20 p.m. Metro student TomMestnik, using a portable public address system,urged the crowd to take action for what they feelis right, even though this election might havediscouraged them, Mestnik said the rally was notjust against George W Bush, but against the pro-cess by which our elections are decided and thedominance of the two major political parties.

"There comes a time when the actions of themachine become so odious that 1ou donl wantto participate," Mestnik said.

Mestnik presided over the handful of speak-ers, who ranged from small business owners to

students to professors.'We need a great movement that can chal-

lenge this system and overthrow itj' said AlanGilbert, a political science professor at theUniversity of Denver. Gilbert, like many otherprotestors, is opposed to electronic computervoting which is run by private businesses andleaves no auditable records behind,

Marilyn Megenity, owner of the MercuryCaf6, sang a song in protest from the point ofview of the Bush administration praising elec-tronic voting. Megenity said in her song thatDiebold, manufacturer of more than 75,000electronic voting machines, helped the Bushadministration to win the election.

Igor Rakin, a junior-high history teacher ata juvenile prison, said that until we approachthe teaching of American history with morehonesry the problems we are seeing now willcontinue.

"If we don t teach them what was, they willnever know what is," Rakin said.

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by ltonald SmiiltIhe l\,lelrooolitan

The Metro meris soccer teamt season offi-cially ended Monday aftemoon when the NCAAtournament committee left the Roadrunnersout of the three-team tournament. Fort lewis,Northeastern State and Southwest ConferenceChampions Incarnate Word will move on toplay for a shot at the national title.

"It's unfortunate that we didnt make it in... but on the bright side, we ended up winning(the) RMAC and we ended on a good nnte," saidRoadrunner forward Nagui Sabbagh 4bout theteam not making the Regional Tourrritrent.

Although Metrot national toqrnamentdreams were crushed for the second consecutiveseason, they did take horne the Rocky MountainChampionship trophy for rhe second straightseason after defeating Colorado School of Mineson penalty kicks Nov. 5 and the CSU-PuebloThunderwolves Z-U on Sunday, Nov. 7.

"We all really wanted to win and we werereally focused on what we were doing. We had(the) determination and we knew we had to win;there was no tomorrow. We still had some hopeto go to Regionals, so we just put everything onthe line and just . .. played, we just played," saidMetro midfielder Aldo Alcaraz Reza about theteam going into the playoffs.

Metro started the tournament on Friday asthe Roadrunners went into the match looking toavenge an earlier season loss to the Orediggers.

The Roadrunners had to survive an earhstring of Mines' attack as all four of the 'Diggers

fi$t-half shots were on net. Goalkeeper DavidMcReavy stopped them all to give his team theopportunity to put home the opening strikeand in the 376 minute, sophomore forward andtournament MVP Phillip Owen netted the firstand only goal of the half off a junior midfielderAldo Alcaraz- Reza pass.

After returning from the break, up 1-0,Owen would try to put home th€ dagger, scoringin the 57s minute when midfielder and all-tour-nam€nt team member Preston Borrego assistedon Owen's second goal of the match.

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Chicano Studies elementaryteacher licensure now offeredby Kathryn GrahamThe N4etropolitan

Metrot Chicano Studies Department is theonly one of its kind in the state of Colorado.The program is designed to help students earnan elementary education teacher's license. Thesuccess was gained by using the state's own lawas a reason for getting the Colorado D?artmentof Education to grant the licensure.

After receiving secondary social studiesteachers' licensure for grades 9-12 back in 2001,the Chicano Studies department submittedanother proposal to the CDE for an elementaryeducation licensure. CDE was reluctant to grantthe licensure. However, the Chicano Studiesdepartment was persistent and kept revisingthe proposal in hopes of gaining approval fromthe CDE, said Luis Torres, professor and formerchair of Metrot Chicano Studies department.

The victory came when Metro's ChicanoStudies department realized that state lawactual-ly supported the licensure. \!hen it was broughtto the attention of the CDE, Metro's ChicanoStudies department was given approval.

"Theret actually a law that this type ofinstruction be provided in all parts of the state,"Torres said.

Colorado Statute 22-1-i04 mandates thatethnic curriculums be taught in grades K-12.It states: "The history and civil government ofthe United States, which includes the historyculture, and contributions of minorities includ-ing, but not limited to, the American Indians,the Hispanic Americans, and the African

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Metro professor Luis Torres poses for a photo inhis office. He is former chair of Metro's ChicanoStudies d€partment and played an intricate rolein helping Metro gain approval to offer ChicanoStudies teacher licensures for K-12.

Americans, shall be taught in all the publicschools of the state."

Although the statute was passed in 1998, nocollege licensure for education has been imple-mented to ensure the philosophy implied in thatlaw be upheld.

However, if Metro is the only college doingthis, then the law has yet to be supported inother parts of the state.

"They donl uphold the law and itt veryfrustrating. That is why this is a big step; thislicensure will help to uphold that law," Torressaid.

"We're pleased to be the first to get thislicensure, but want other universities 10 get it,too. This Chicano Studies curriculum is for allstudents," he said.

"We heard about it and it's wonderful news.Wdre excited about trying to follow ivfetro'sexample," said Arturo Aldama, a professor ofethnic studies fiom the University of Coloradoin Boulder.

Denver has a 38 percent Latino population,but it could be higher. The census doesn't do agood job of accurately reporting those statistics,he said.

Due to the way their department is orga-nized, CU-Boulder, if approved for the licen-sure, will have a different outcom€ than Metro.CU-Boulder has one Ethnic Studies department,which encompasses all of its ethnic majors. Inother words, the licensure will include itsAfiican American Studies department as well asthe Chicano Studies department, and all of theother departments included in CU-BoulderkEthnic Studies department.

"Itt better for us (Metro) to be in individualdepartments because we can have an emphasis

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by N.S. GarciaThe Metropolitan

Metro's interim President Ray Kieft has dis-missed a student's complaint accusing politicalscience professor Oneida Meranto of creating ahostile atmosphere incapable for conservativestudents to succeed.

The complaint,filed by first-,vearMetro student BillPierce Aug. 25-thethird day of the Falls e m e s t e r -c l a i m e dMeranto was scream-ing her lecture andwas unprofessional.Pierce cited her toneand comments oncritical thinking, say-ing Meranto said onlyliberals could think

Metro politicalscience professorOneida Meranto

Neither Meranto nor the Metroadministration could comment on Pierce'squestions.

However. Kieft wrote, "I can detect nointerruption in the narrative suggesting that theoriginal tape or the recording was edited. Thecontent could not be ftom another class sincethis was ,vour (Meranto's) only section of thisparticular course this semester."

But according to the online course guide,Meranto was scheduled to teach anotherAmerican National Governrnent 1010 course.

Lucas was unable to clarifr whether thatclass was dropped or if its l isting was anoversight by the administration.

Part of the investigation requiredinterviewing students in the class. According tolhe letter, no student could verifr or subjectivelyrelate to Pierce's complaint.

critically. said, "Professors, now have to second-guess conservatives," Kieft wrote.

In a letter to themselves." When asked why he filed the complaint

Meranto, Kieft said he Pierce believes the tape Meranto submitted and didn't just drop the class, Pierce said hefound no evidence to of her lecture was some kind of a fraud. He believes everyone should be held accountable

support those claims reviewed the tape and read over a transcript and professors have too much power.

and wrote about her provided by the college. According to Metro Pierce said he will, most likely, leave the

Metro stud€nt lecture: "Your observa- spokeswoman Cathy Lucas, Metro contracted campus after next semester.Bill Pierce tions as to the effect of an outside company to transcribe the tape. "I have one semester here and then I'm out

extremes of ideological He said among things missing on the tape of here," he said. "I think I've hurt my longevity

thinking on critical were comments about her trip to Cuba and a here."

analysis were expressed in a manner which poster ofche Guevara. Reflecting on the past, Meranto said, "I

helped students to understand what you meant Pierce said he raised those concerns and hope the College Republicans know the kindregarding critical thinking and analysis ... your questioned the length of the tape to Percy of damage they've done. I'll survive, but thecomments are unquestionably protected by aca- Morehouse, executive director of equal school..."demic freedom and the First Amendment." opportunity for Metro- According to Pierce, Lucas said whether claims are valid or not,

Meranto said she was pleased with the deci- Morehouse said he would take his comments the college investigates them ali.

sion, however, she said she believes any student into consideration. "We take all complaints through this ofEce

who files a claim against a teacher that is later There was no mention of Piercet comments very seriously. That's the responsibility of this

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students can file fiivolous complaints againstteachers," she said.

Last year, two complaints were filedagainst Meranto. One by then-Auraria CollegeRepublican Chairman George Culpepper,another by Nick Bahl, a Metro graduate. Theircomplaints were both dismissed by Kieft.

"I've taken the brunt of it all," she said.Pierce said he's standing behind his claims

even though he has no proof to back it up."I have no way to prove this," he said.'I

didn't know I had to take a tape with me toclass."

Prior to the beginning of the semester,Culpepper posted on a message forum that hewould place people in Meranto's classes to spyon her. Both Pierce and Culpepper deny Piercewas a sDv.

"If I was a plant, then I'd be the stupidest "No statement in the lecture can fairlyolant in the world." Pierce said. be said to suggest that no Republicans or

"This has gotten completely out of hand. conservatives are capable of thinking critically,Students think they have this right;'Meranto or that liberals are superior in this respect to

Students maysee futureI I T ' IntKe tn Ouspass pnceby Glayton \tVoullardThe Metropolitan

Students at Auraria could experience a priceincrease on their studenl bus pass fee in twoyears when a price cap is set to expire.

This year students at Metro, UCD and CCDpay about $22 for the bus pass, a 45 percentdiscount, which offers students free access tolocal, regional and express services, as well as a$4 discount on Skyfude. RTD offers a monthlypass for $135 to its regular customers.

The campus' current contract with RTD isset to expire next August, but RTD has said theywould extend the contract until the end of the2005-2006 academic year, when students vvillbe able to ratiry in the spring. The contract alsostipulates that RTD will not charge the schoolmore than 7.5 percent of the previous year'scharge, or no more than $24 per semester forstudents. This school year, RTD charges Auraria$1,700,055, which the Auraria Higher EducationCenter then divides by the amount of studentsto calculate the student fee. Under the 7.5 per-cent cap, RTD could o y charge a maximumof $1,827,559. But, come August of 2006 thatcould change.

In 2002, RTDt Board of Directorc negoti-ated the 7.5 percent cap with the University ofColorado at Boulder, which did not want itsbus pass program to exceed 10 percent becauseit would force the university to put it to a stu-dent vote. So the RTD board set the 7.5 percentcap for the other five schools, which includethe three schools at Auraria, the Universityof Denver and Naropa University in Boulder.The cap will expire at the end of the 2005-2006school year, at which time the RTD board willhave the option of lifting the cap completely, set-ting a different cap, or keeping the existing one.

Jeff Stamper, Tivoli Student Union assistantdirector, said if the cap is lifted, the student buspass fee could be increased to $27, which, hesaid, is based on what RTD has said is the actualcost of the program.

According to documents provided by RTD,the actual cost of the program, based on howoften Auraria students ride the bus or light rail,is $2,293,254-$593,199 more than what RTDis currendy charging Auraria. If the RTD boarddecides to lift the cap to match that price stu-dents on campus could see a significant increasein the price of the bus pass.

The Student Advisory Committee to theAuraria Board wanted to negotiate a two-yearcontract with RTD rather than the one-yearextension for the 2005-2006 school year.

Georgann Fisher, Advertising Sales andStudent Pass Administrator for RTD, who'salso a UCD graduate student, said this wouldbe impossible because one year would be underthe 7.5 percent cap and the next year may ormay not be in place.

"We dont want to cause panic and haveeverybody think the cap is going away,' Fishersaid.

She also said RTD will not know the rider-ship figures for the 2006-2007 school year untillater.

Stamper said it's important for SACAB tolook into these contract negotiations this earlyto make sure the bus pass is kept affordable, buthe doesn't expect any huge increase in the priceof the program for the 2006-2007 school year,

"My sense is that they would allow forthe same stipulations to work that they wouldcharge on ridership with the same discount in

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Youth voterturnout high;some expecteddifferent resultsby Adam GoldsteinThe lvletrooolitan

In this yeark highly charged and hotly con-tested electoral atmosphere, expectations werehigh for the youth vote.

Both sides competitively courted potentialvoters between the ages of 18 and 29 as politicalactivism found its niche in popular culture.

Poll results indicate that the massencouragement worked. At least 20.9 millionAmericans under the age of 30 voted in thisyeart election, a national jump of nearly l0percent fiom 2000.

The youth vote increased even more inthe 10 most competitive "batdeground statesiwhere turnout jumped 13 percentage pointsfrom 2000 to peak at 64 percent, This trendmirrored the higher general tumout in thesecoveted electoral battlegrounds.

"I think whatt interesting at this point isthe actual census dataj' said David Schwartz,Auraria Campus Organizer for the New VotersProiect,

51,6 percent of eligible young voters turnedout this yeat a number that fell below someexpectations.

"The yoter turnout among college studentsoru age was low," said Danielle Robinson, vicechair of the Colorado College Republicans. "Itwas higher than in past elections, but not exactlythe turnout that was expected."

Despite the record number of young votersin this year's election, the high turnout of allvoters and the ultimate defeat of fohn Kerryundermined the impact of their contribution.

The results of the election challenged awidespread assumption that young voters wouldfollow a predetemrined pattern.

"I think people associated the young votertumout with a large Kerry turnout, which isa misconception," Schwartz said- "The youngpeople are split, too,"

The increased political activism amongyoung voters made them a comrnodity forpollsters and partisans alike, especially in thedecisive electoral states.

"Young voters became a target in batde-ground states (because) politicians realizedthat young voters have the potential to affectthe election results either way,'said New VotersProject employee Ben Prochazka. "I think that,ftom a campaign standpoint, this year therewere actually ads targeting young peoplel

Whatev€r the split, young voters were theonly age group that swayed the Democraticpart)'. Kerr,, carried the youth vot€ 55 percent to42 percent, according to national exit polls.

'I think that more young people vot€d forlGrry because of his sance on education and hisenergy policies," said Nathan Pitman, co-presi-dent of the Democrats of Auraria. 'I also thinkstudents lend to be a litde bit more informed,"

The success of the Kerry/Edwards ticketamong young voters indicated a shift away froma third-party candidate. In 2000, Falph Naderreceived 4.7 percent of the youth vote, a numberthat dropped to I percent in 2004.

'I think this was a wiry more highly con-tested and contentious election than in 2000,"Prochazka said.'People thought there was moreriding on the decision between the two majorcandidates than the idea of electing a third partycandidate."

In the end, regardless of the outcome, thiselection demonstrated how high youth activismhas the poteatial to sway results.

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CCD stud€nt tarc MiFta does some homework outside while snoking a cigarette. Metro professorLarry lapez has proposed a campus-wide snokbg ban, because, according to him, smokers hare beenignoring the signs that ask theur to stay 20 feet away fron buildings while smokiag.

by Claybn WoulladThe Metrooolitan

Signs warning smokers to stay 20 feet awayfiom building entrances on campus arc con-tinually ignored and Larry Lopez is fed up.

Lopez, a Metro management professor,Auraria Higher Education Center board mem-ber and smoker, said he's heard many peoplecomplain about having to hold their breathwhen they walk into campus buildings becauseof smokers standing right by the entrances.

Tko months ago during an AHEC boardmeeting, Lopez proposed a campus-wide smok-ing ban to batde this all-too-common problem.

"It's a nuisance, It's a health problem," hesaid. "I get home and my dothes smell likecigarette smoke if I have to walk in and out ofit constandy."

Lopez said he proposed the ban becausesmokers on campus irre not obeying signs thatsay, "No Smoking Wthin 20 fr of BuildingEntrance."

When the AHEC board discussed it, he saidthere was some agreement and disagreementand questioning of whether a complete ban onsmoking would work.

Lopez pointed out how most high schoolsacross the country have campus-wide smokingbans in place and said while one may not besuccessfirl on a campus of more than 30,000students, he said, frankly, it might be necessary.

'That may not be realistic but itt somethingthe smokers are forcing us to look atl he said."Itt sad that the inconsideration of the smokersis causing this problem."

The proposal has been sent to both theFaculty and Student Advisory Committees tothe Auraria Board for their recommendation.

SACAB President and CCD stud€nt, PatrickJiner said he personally feels smoking on cam-pus is no big problem as long as it's done outside

'I think they should be able to smokeoutside if it's outside," Jiner said. "We iust haveto keep consideration for students going intobuildings who dont want to breathe in all thatsmoke."

At press time, Jiner said SACAB would getstudent input during a town hall meeting-typeforum Nov. 10 before the board made any rec-ommendations.

UCD student and smoker EJ Milelli said heusually smokes in between classes, and he onlyg€ts about 5-10 minutes to smoke,

"I think itt a bad idea," Milelli said of theproposed ban. 'I think it makes it a lot harderfor students to smoke if they have to go offcampusJ

He said most of the'No Smoking" signs arelocated to close to building entrances or iustaren't visible enough and that ashtrays are rightby the door. He said where the signs are mostvisible, people dont smoke near the buildings.

Lopez said he's been told it's a campus-wideproblern, thar it doesnt seem to matter how vis-ible the signs are.

'For some, it's very offensive and for othersit's a health issue," he said. "At a minirnum, I dlike to see us move the smoking areas completelyaway from the entrances to the buildings:'

Milelli said he thinks the 2O-foot restrictionis a good rule to have in place, but it would behelpfrrl if the signs were put at the 2O-foot limitand said something like, 'No Smoking BeyondThis Point."

Often, people may not smoke most of theircigarette right by a building entrance, but mayjust be finishing off a cigarette as they walk in.

Jiner said he doesnt think a campus-wideban on smoking would really be possible.

"There's so many youth that smoke already,"he said.'They're outside alreadp whatt to keepthem from smoking outside?"

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College will ask somestudents about race as itlooks at minority status

Some Metro students can expect a let-ter in their mailbox soon asking why theydid not choose a specific race when apply-ing for enrollrnent at Metro.

|essica Greiner, Student GovernmentAssembly vice president for academicaffairs, said in the Nov. 4 SGA meeting thatthe college has 23 percent minority enroll-ment and is only a few percentage pointsaway ftom becoming a "minority school"as determined by federal standards.

According to Greiner, 6 percent ofthe 23 percent of minority students chose'other" or being more than one race whenthey applied to Metro.

If those students choose one particularrace, it could help the college reach the"minority school" status.

Metro Director of Admissions BillHathaway-Clark said when students checkoff more than one race, college officialsusually choose the race code that's under-represented on campus, but over the pastfew years those who entered such data haveplaced those students under the'other"classification.

Hathaway- Clark said federal standardsdo not allow for students to choose morethan one race, but within the next few years

that could change.

Nursing Departmentappoints new chair

Nancy Kiernan Case, whot workedat Exempla Lutheran Medical Centerand Regis Universityt Department ofNursing, became the new chair of Metro'sNursing Department and director of theAccelerated Nursing Program Nov. l.

As director of the Accelerated NursingProgram, which offers students whoalready have a bachelor's degree the chanceto start a career in nursing, Case will makesure a group of 31 students complete theprogram by February.

She also wants to expand the NursingDepartment to include more students,especially registered nurses, and offer afour-year undergraduate nursing pro-gram.

At Regis University, Case worked for10 years at the nursing department andthen served as director of WorkforceDevelopment and Education at E:<emplaLutheran Medical Center.

She was also asociate dean of theSchool for Health Care Professions at RegisUniversity.

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Democracy in the Streets

Kristin Sl$orc / The MetropolihnA group of roughly 150 people gath€red Nov. 3 to protest the election process. The protest, looselyput together via e-mails and flyers, was titled "Democracy in the Streets" and lasted about two and ahalf hours and ended in conlrontation with the police and the media. Please see cover story for moreinformation.

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dead animals infectedwith the plague

(U-WIRE) FORT COLLINS - Local health offi-cials have found evidence that the plague andtularemia have been found in dead animals andpets and are alerting the public to use preventa-tive measures to ayoid the diseases.

Two pet cats have been diagnosed with theplague in the past two week, and a woman diedfrom the plague while visiting the Red FeatherLakes area in August.

The Centers for Disease Control andPreyention have been working with theLarimer County Department of Health andEnvironment in monitoring the plague andother infectious diseases.

So far this year, four feline plague cases havebeen reported. In 1999, a woman died from thepiague in the same area that this year's humancase occurred.

Cats and other animals can be infectedwith the plague when they kill and eat infectedrodents riddled with infected fleas. From thatpoint, pets can transmit the disease to humansthrough bites, scratches or droplets from theircoughs. The bacteria can also be transmittedvia the infected fleas themselves, which pets canalso bring into domesticated areas.

Bubonic plague, the more common forrnof the plague, occurs when extreme pain andswelling of the lymph nodes strikes a victim.The groin and armpit region are the most com-mon flea bite locations in humans, according toa press release from the health and environmentdepartment.

The bubonic plague is not transmitted per-son-to-person, but it can spread to the lungs toform pneumonic plague, and the victim's closecontacts can be infected.

Another recent bacteria, tularemia, has beentraced to Larimer County in a dead beaver andmouse. A man fiom Loveland was struck withpneumonia caused by tularemia in August.

Tularemia is another rare occurrence foundin Larirner County and infects humans rvhohandle infected animals such as rodents or rab-bits or humans rvho are bit by infected insects,especially ticks and deer flies.

Tularemia is a bacterial disease that canaffect humans or animals from insects that havethe disease.

Health officials say to take precautions toprevent infections from these diseases. Usinginsect repell€nts, avoiding sick or dead rodents,keeping pets leashed while camping or hiking,and paying close attention to a pett health areall preventative measures.

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"The biggest myth is that we live in ademocracy, when it is actually ruled by fearisaid Nathan Jefties, 18, who was at the eventto protest the current administration and theelectoral process.

After the speeches, the crowd marched outof the park to Lincoln Avenue in front of thecapitol chanting'One, we are the people. Trc,a little bit louder. Three, we want justice for thewhole world..."

The protestors then marched, with apolice escort, through the streets of downtownDenver, where they tumed and marched backtoward the capitol, down the 166 Street Mall,picking up prot€stors along the way. Some pro-testors knocked over fencing from street sidecaf6s and trash cans, only to have them pickedback up and set into place by those followingbehind them.

"That's not what this is about," yelled a girlafter a fence outside a seafood restaurant waspushed over by protestors in front of her.

The police left the crowd as the march cameback to the capitol, where the protestors gath-ered on the steps chanting, "Not our president,not our war."

Metro pmfessor Rhonda Ntepp joined themarching crowd. Ntepp told the crowd thatif they wanted to be heard they must get themedia involved by getting the police involved.

"I'm not saying do anything illegal, but wewon t be heard unless we can get the police toparticipate," Ntepp said to the crowd ftom thetop of the steps.

The protestors then marched in the streetunaccompanied from the capitol down LincolnAvenue, blocking the northbound, one-waytraffic in all lanes. Police motorcycles andcruisers began to drive through to the front ofthe crowd blaring sirens and ordering them tomove to the side of the street.

The crowd continued to march in the streetunrit hitting a roadblock at llt Street of fourpolice cruisers and about 10 officers who hadgathered to keep the crowd from further dis-rupting traffic. As the crowd stood in the streetchanti''g, the officers began to pass out chemi-cal spray and riot handcuffs to each other.

The standoff lasted less than five minutesbefore Ntepp iuranged for the police to escortthe crowd, in the street, the remaining twoblocls to the Channel 4 building, where shesaid they wanted to speak to the media abouttheir message.

The crowd reached the TV station, andbegan to file into the empty lobby, againchanting. A security guard came and spokewith Ntepp, who was waiting in the lobby, andasked her and the remaining protestors to leave,saying that no one would be coming to talk tothem. As the crowd left the lobby and overhangof the Channel 4 building, other local mediastations that had shown up to cover the storymet them.

'We are here to express our dissent, and tosay the young vote is not stupid," Ntepp said to aChannel 7 cameraman. "Our problem with tlemedia is that we get one side of t}re story."

Erika Veil, 37, an election observer inColorado Springs, said she witnessed votersbeing tumed away from the polls for illegalreasons,

"I watched them turn away Hispanicsbecause they couldnl fill out the green card,"Veil said, referring to the green card handed tovoters asking them to fiIl out their informationand give their signature. "They said if you can'tunderstand it to 6ll it out, then you can't vote.That's illegal."

The protest ended around 8:30 p.m. afterthe poiice asked the crowd to stay on the side-walk so they could re-open the blocked lanesof traffic.

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RTD: Studentfee may goup becauseof FasTrackscontinuedfrom page3

place," Stamper said, 'just that there wouldn'tbe a cap in place."

Patrick Jiner, SACAB President, said hethink if the student bus pass fee is kept under$40, students would be willing to pay it. He saidids important that students remember they'regetting a really good deal.

'We re definitely saving more than it'd beto buy it ftom King Soopers," Jiner said. "RTD!doing us a really big favor, but we're doing thema favor, too, because we're guaranteeing themincome."

Fisher echoed Iiner and said studentsshouldn't expect a great increase in their stu-dent fee. But, with increased ridership due toincreased enrollment at all three schools oncampus, and possibly from RTD expansion withFasTracks, the price will go up. By how much isthe question that just can't be answered.

"We don't anticipate a huge change," shesaid.'We just don t have enough details to knowhow it's going to change."

FasTrack is RTD's $4.7 billion, l2-year planto increase light rail and bus services through-out the Denver Metro area. The plan wasapproved by voters last week. It will increasetransit sales tax throughout the Denver Metroarea by $4 per $10 purchase.

RTD Sales Manager Andy Todaro suggestedAHEC could soften the blow of any increase byincreasing the student fee by perhaps an extradollar than what Auraria needs to meet the RTDcost. This would give AHEC extra money to off-set the n€rc year's cost.

The Auraria campus has offered a studentbus pass through RTD since 1995 and has putthe bus pass fee up for student vote eyery twoyears, which is one reason SACAB wanted atwo-year contract rather than a one-year exten-sion.

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Chicano Studies: other statecolleges to follow Metro's leadcontinued from page 3

in our direction," Torres said.In the past, other states have already

launched teacher licensure programs throughtheir ethnic studies departments to support t}lediversity of their state populations.

"I used to be a professor at Arizona State.They adopted a teacher's licensure program fortheir ethnic studies department back in 2001. Tohave a curriculum that reflects a statet diversitymakes sense. Our ethnic studies students herewant to be teachers and last I heard we're goingto try to follow suit with Metro," Aldama said."Our school of education dean, Lorrie Shepard,has the plan for the licensure and is putting itinto motion."

As other Colorado universities followMetro's lead, the new licensure will provideopportunities for all students who intend toteach in Colorado and the west after gradua-tion.

"We want any students interested in teach-ing elementary education to consider Chicanostudies, especially when in Denver PublicSchools about 56 or 57 percent (of students) areChicano," Torres said.

It is a common misconception that only

Chicano students enroll in Chicano Studiesclasses, when in fact many Chicano Studiesstudents come ftom all different backgrounds,he mid.

The newly granted elementary educationlicensure means students who maior in Chicanostudies will now be able to qualify as elementaryschool teachers, provided they successfully com-plete all the requirements for that field of study.

"Chicano studies are interdisciplinarymeaning that our students study a wide rangeof various courses. This year, I think we prob-ably have about 40 to 50 students majoring inChicano studies," Torres said.

CU-Boulder has about 25 students majoringin Chicano Studies, Al&ma said.

"It makes sense here (in Colorado) to haveethnic studies in general and Chicano studiesspecifi cally," Aldama said.

"The teacher's licensure curriculum is avail-able for teachers to be able to do a good jobteaching in Colorado and in the Denver area,"Torres said.

"Metrot department of education and VicePresident Joan Foster helped quite a bit. I reallywant to thalk then for helping us like rhey didand doing their part' It was actually a college-wide effiort," Torres said.

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Dancin' in the streetsBefore the election, Erninem released the

lamest video of this eleaion season. Cartoonsof young infuriatedpeople threw down theirdisappointments andsuited up in black sweat-shirts similar to thoseworn by the revolution-ary anarchist black bloc.They stormed throughthe streets, at one pointresolving police confron-tation with a fire hose,their masses building.Eminem even said "Fuck

Bush!" I was watching thinking, is Eminemacaally doing mmething importaflt? But alas,Eminem led his flock, quite capable of makingsignificant change, to register to vote.

The time has come for Eminem's cartoonmob mask up, time for the hundreds of dedi-cated people on the Auraria Campus to takecharge. That's right, folks, it is time to takesome direct action, reclaim everything thatwas stolen from us the mom€nt this country

While some suffered election depression,otlers reveled in their success. Brish is givena second term and the 20{X. election results

bringup. new issues andold fears

to the polls did not vote for W. That meansjust shy of 56 million people do not wart ahomophobic, war mongering, woman hating,corporate sock monkey in office. Add to thatthe 500,000 plus who voted third party, and theunknown non-voting masses. These are phe-nomenal numbers, numbers that can changethe world.

Allow me to pull a lohn lennon for amoment. lmagine if the thousands of people

who worked so hard registering voters andensuring turnout redirecled their energies tomobilizing. Imagine if Punkvoter, Billionairesfor Bush, Sheryl Crow and Bruce Springsteenbrought the dedicated following that they herd-ed to the ballot boxes into the streets. Imagine if

billionaire George Soros of Move On were will-

ing to spend the millions of dollars he threwinto television commercials on bailing activistsout ofjail.

Imagine if Inauguration Day just couldnthappen. Four years ago, W. could not get out ofhis limo due to 20,000 protesters and an assaultof eggs. What if this year he couldn't even get

out of bed, because 56 million protesters hadshut do*'n the U.S.3 No more business as usual,no more rallying under flags as Americans.Imagine if America refused to shut up andshop, and united under burning flags and ban-ners. You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'mnot the only one.

John Kerry may have lost this election, butthat does not necessarily mean that George W.Bush won it. The fact ofthe matter is he cannotwin if we do not let him. This is the era of direct

Reform is only successful when the headhonchos of the conjoined twin parties feel somuch pressure from people in the streets, theythrow them a bone. Want to rnake change?Want to stop this war machine? \4/ant rightsto safe and legal abortions? \!'ant to stay outof Guantanamo Bay and still express dissent?Then, I'll see you in the streets.

To quote lames Larkin, "The great onlyappear as such because we are on our knees,LET US RISE!"

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would be more apt to fall under attack with apresident change. This would not demonstrateinconsistencf; it would demonstrate democracyin action.

Howeve! America has been portrayedas vulaerable and fear was used successfullythroughout this political campaign. As long as

the threat of attack was prevalent, many werecautious of an administration change. We start-ed a war with one president, so it would seemlogical to end the war with that same presidentto demonstrate a solid nation. But how likely isit that we will end the war in four years? At leastwith Kerry's plan of systematic rebuilding and

abstraction from Iraq it seemed plausible thatthe end of the war was near. Now, it seems as ifthe Bush administration has more to proye.

The deficit has risen from a projected surplusat the end of Clinton's term-not mildly but at arecord high of $3.2 trillion. Justification of thisis because of an economic downfall and the war-Bush's plan is to cut the deficit by $l trillionover five years, leaving $2.2 trillion. This hardlyseems possible when the curent administrationhas failed to veto spending initiatives and raisesfederal discretionary spending by approximately13 percent.

A Pro-Life amendment to the constitutioncould be the next Bush initiative. The president

has already succeeded in banning partial-birthabortion and has publicized his intent to dis-courage the procedure. He plans to discourageabortion by advocating abstinence, marriageand adoption.

These options narrow the debate froma social issue to a form of birth control.No exceptions were made in the partial-birth abortion ban; the procedure was oftenutilized for protection of the woman's health orother extreme circumstances.

The 2004 presidential election brings newissues to the voting process. Waiting in line fora couple hours to vote is a small price to paywhen democrary works. However, when votersare turned away from the polls because they areat the wrong location they feel discouraged andmav not vote at all.

Hopefully, voters stood in line at the electioncommission building in Denver for at least an

hour. Voting officials told the crowd they were

not at a regular polling precinct and to refer tothe list of locations to find the correct place tovote. When the crowd questioned whether theycould still vote at this particular location theywhere given a reluctant yes.

Yet, when some potential voters reached

the front of the massive line they were givenprovisional ballots. Provisional ballots mustbe assessed by an election ofhcial to determineif the ballot is necessary before it is counted.Although you may have waited for hours tovote, submitting a provisional ballot does notnecessarily mean you voted. Instead, it meansyou attempted to vote.

Early voting programs, now in 30 states,have become an easy way to avoid lines andsave time, Still, more attention should be madeto election day voting preparation. This elec-tion saw more voters than any other in history.Hopefully, this will continue and large amountsof the American population will be motivatedto vote.

With 60 percent of the newly registeredturning out to vote, the polls were obviouslynot prepared for the crowds. More workers needto be available to assist the public and moreelectronic voting booths need to be provided to

the voting precincts. This will encourage morevoters to wait in the lines and lead to the mostaccurate representation of the population.

Four more yeius can seem like an immenseamount of time with fears like these. Butstay positive and out of Canada. After all' 2008is iust around the corner.

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Common sense?C.onsidering the mood in the office-and

campus in general-it is not an exaggerationto assume this is quite possibly the happiest

political editorial printedthis week.

Despite myunwavering faith that thePresident would prevail,there were definitelymoments I was concernedabout how.

Though anyoneJinnie McMrnus who understands the

-----e;iffit electoral college wouldrealize yet another victory

without popular vote for Bush as a possiblebut still valid outcome, it seemed to be anunspoken agreement he couldn't afford anothercontroYersial win.

. But common sense saw through a flip-flopper. Ani Busht re-election is good newsfor a.ll, including his detractors. To prove that,here is a factual look into relevant Bush andKerry policy.

l Gay narriage,Larry Kramer, guiding light for gay rights,

told a crowd in Manhattan, "I hope we all realizethat, as of Nov. 2, gay rights are officially dead.And that from here on we are going to be ledeven closer to the guillotinel

Flowery words, but hardly true. After all,

John Kerry told The Boston Globe he supporteda ban in his home state of Massachusetts. Healso added, "I think that you need to havecivil union. Thatt my position," when he wasasked to comment on nationwide policy. IohnEdwards, like Kerry was a no-show when theconstitutional amendment died in the Senate.

And equally importantly, when LynneCheney tired of having her homosexual daugh-ter Mar), used repeatedly by Kerry or Edwards,Elizabeth Edwards stunned even supportersby telling ABC Radio, "I think rhat it indicatesa certain degree of shame with respect to herdaughtert sexual preferences."

One wonders how she would have reactedto the Republicans using her deceased son Wadein the same manner she condoned her husbandusing Mary Cheney.

Meanwhile, Dick Chenev shocked bothsides of the political spectrum when he splitfrom GOP policy. 'People ought to be able tobe free .. . to enter into any kind of relationship

they want to," he said ata campaign appearanc€in Iowa, adding that hewould leave it up to thestates to decide. It wasthe same viewpointflom his debates with

Joe Lieberman in 2000.With Kerry and

Edwards inconsistentand Bush unyielding,the vice president alonewas willing to take astance unlike any other.And though both die-hards of the two partiesdisagree on Cheney'sinfluence of Bustr, noone denies the presi-dent respects the vicepresident highly.

There was indeeda progressive optionon the ticket, and hewasn't a Democrat.

2. Abortion.Busht pro-life

beliefs are well-known.But pro-choicers vot-ing to pres€rve Roe Y.Wade may have gottena surprise had Kerrybeen re- relected.

'I oppose abor-tion, personally," Kerryinformed the Dubuque Telegraph Herald inIowa. "I dorit like abortion. I believe life beginsat conception."

When confronted in an ABC interviewKerry muddled himself further.

"I believe life begins at conception," herestated, "However, I do not believe this livingbeing can be called a person until some uospeci-fied point later in the pregnancy."

At least Bush's stance is undeniable.

3. The Draft.A recent ad in The Metropolitan run by

MoveOn.org asked the one question on everycollege studentt mind: Can you feel a Draft?

That site, founded by a Hungarian citizenwho once compared Bush to Hitler, insisted itwas only a matter of time before the infamous

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risk if Kerry had been elected.Though seemingly forgotten by the press,

U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY caused a stirwhen he introduced a bill to bring it back last

fanuary, telling reporters he intended "to makeit clear that if there were a war, there would bemore equitable representation of people makingsacrifices-"

Brought to a vote in October, it died 402-2,wit}l only Democrats voting in favor.

Kerry; who earned my respect for his gra-cious concession, had one thing right the U.S.needs to unite.

That won t happen, however, until everyonejudges based on facts, not popular hearsay.

Thankfully, we have four more years to getthings right.

The horror, oh the horrorThe ballots ha!€ been counted and the results

have been turned in. Of course, over the next fewweela we will hear the stories of miscouns. the

dead people who voted,and other such horrorsthat make us all questionthe democratic process

Never the less PresidentBush will still be presidentand will retain that title forthe next four years. Forsome Americans, ttrat canmean only one thing: runto Canada.

The Canadian Website, www.cic.gc.ca, usually gets several thousandhits a day, but on Wednesda)', the day afur theelection, the hits on the Wtb site increased byalmost six times the norrn.

Even thougb the \,i&b site has enperienced an

increase in visits, the applications to the imrnigra-tion office have shown no sudr spike. However,this could simply mean Americans are takingtheir time before they rnake their big move to theGreat White North.

The cause for this increase in curiosity forour neglected northern neighbors remains to beseen. There certainly are perks involved in mov-ing to Canada, among them their national healthcare Program.

Canada also tends to be more liberal than theUnited States, so it would make sense for some ofthe disheartened liberals to make their trek to theland of the left.

In some ways, I can understand the disil-lusionment the Democrats and the Liberals mayfeel, but is the answer really to jus run away'

Our Democracy is full of problems, but thewhole point of having a democracy is to watchand make sure that it niorla. Moving to Canada

will not help anyone, other than the Canadians.As Amerii:ans, we have a responsibility to stayhere and make sure Bush keeps to his promises.And if he doesdt in four yean time, then findsomeone who will. Ma16e it's my naive optimism,but I think there is always a chance to make thingsbetter. Running away, if that is really what somepeople are planning, is iust quitting, plain andsimple. In order for the democracy to work wehave to fight for it.

In the end, I guess what I'm trying to say is,dont be apathetic. If you wanted Bush to win,congratulations; if you didn't, I'm sorry butyou ll have another chance in four years. That'sthe beauty of the whole process. We always haveanother chance. Every four years, our nation hasthe chance to clrange for the better. Thatt thewonder of a.democracy, and I for one am goingto stay right here and wait to see that happen. If

;ou dorft agree, tell the Canadians I said hello.

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"Halo 2" is hyped to tre one oflhe best first-person shoot-ens ever made. According toindustry projections, with over1.5 million copies pre-orderedbefore its Nov. 9 release. it willbring in more money than theopening day of a blockbustermovie,

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what they mean. You just have to stay away from it'-Patrick Jiner

Some more Peeze, please

handln handby Claylon WoullardThe Metrooolitan

During any regular school week, CCD stu-dent Patrick jiner can be found busy with hisclasses and dealing with the breadth of studentissues on campus as president of one ofAurariatmost influential student boards.

By night, on the weekends-and reallywhenever he has free time-he's Peeze (pro-nounced Pee-Zee), a s in ger- rapper- musicia ntrying to capture your heart and make you&nce.

But het trying to change the world 2417."I strongly believe the only reason I'm here

is to make a major impact on the world," Jinersaid.

As president of the Student AdvisoryCommittee to the Auraria Board, |iner, 26, pre-sides over a group of students from all three col-leges who try to tackle the issues facing studentson campus and make recommendations to theAuraria Board, which makes decisions on howthe three colleges operate on campus.

But when school politics aren't dominat-ing his time and energy, he's Peeze, a singerwho channels the likes of R Kelly and BrianMclhight, while at the same time bringing hisown style. Part of making his own style includesnever listening to the radio and not buying a CDin almost five years.

'I just feel that it wor:ld influence me toomuch," he said. "I just try to be as original aspossible."

Beyond singing het a rapper, a producerand a musician who plays all his own instru-ments and makes his own beats. Iiner alsoreierts over Mile Higlr Records, under which hdsreleased his debut solo album, lt's Time, and frveother discs recorded by or with members of theA-Town Click, the Aurora-based hip-hop grouphe's been with from the start.

He describes Ir! Time, released in Nov. 1999,as a record of heartadre and desperate pleas forlove, recorded while he was reeling from a dev-astating break-up. With one-half rhymes andtheother half straight-up R&B, he aimed to do someself-exploration.

The album gained him attention, beingspotlighted by Westword as a local act to lookfor in 2000 and, coupled with his constant per-forming, led him in the direction of the likes ofNappy Roots, Mptil..al and Mary Gray, whomhet opened for or has been

stage with when they have come to town.

In 2000, the same year Gray took home anaward for her song "I Try," Peeze joined Gray at

the Grammy Awards after-party."lt was exciting, man; it was a rush," finer

said.'Itt a little overwhelming at times, but you

can't help but lile it."

He can't let his partying get too crazy,though. As a single father of two-year-old

Devante Iames (he shares custody with the

mother), Jineis got to be careful when it comes

to having a good time, especially since his own

Love songs andschool politics go

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fathet was never around."Not having a dad, I have a respect for

women most men don't have," finer said, refer-

ring to being raised by only his mother, 'But I

also have a lack of understanding for how to be

a father and a man."

He doesnl want to see that happen to otheryouth, which is why he volunteers as a mentor

at The Spot, located at 2100 Stout St. in Denver,where he helps young kids obtain their GEDs

and get into college.

"There's a lot of young people who grow up

without role-models."

But all that isn t going to stop him frorn hav-

ing a good time, which is the main vibe of his

next solo album, Hit Tha Floor, set to drop early

next year. This time out, Peeze is looking to ampup his sound a litde bit with some club bangers,

but stick to what he likes best, singing.On Hit Tha Floor, Peeze is constandy calling

out to that girl who's caught his eye. "Starships

& Rockets" has an airy, seductive appeal, while"Fresh Air" is like straight-up early R. Kelly,

almost over-reaching."The 6rst album was a lot of sad love shit,"

Jiner said. "This album I kind of got away ftom

that -. - you know, make you smile, not be sadi

Het really trying to be great and improve his

talent, ideas that extend to the rest of his life.

Jiner, who's studying for his business man-

ag€ment degree, said he would one day like tomove into the White House, and while he thinksthis country is probably more ready for a female

president than a black one, that won't stop him,

"I'd run until they told me I couldn't run,"

he said- In fact, he doesn't see the roles of politi-

cian and musician as separate, but as two sides

of the same coin.

"Not only will the American people knowwho I am through rny music," he said, "but,

politicians rvill know who I am from my work

throughout the community."Big-time politics is more of a long-term

goal, though."Right now politics isn't paying the bills,"

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Metro women's soccer senior back Meisha Pyte gets up and defends a cornerkick against Regis in the RMAC Championship game Friday' Nov. 6. TheRoadrunners shut out the Rangerc I {t after a goal scored by Pyke, who was also named Tournament MVP.

by Matthew GunnThe MetroDolitan

Itt been said that the third time is a charm.On SaturdaS Nov. 6, the No. 2 Metro womentsoccer team (20-l-0) faced-off against No. IlRegis University (18-4) for the second time in

as many weelc. This time, it resulted in a l-0shutout win for the'Runners. This time, thegirme was for the Roclry Mountain Atl eticConference tournament title and a chance tosecure home field for the upcoming NCAAregional toumament.

The RMAC toumament began on Fridaywith a 2-0 win for Regis over the CSU-PuebloThunderwolves (9-6-4). The Rangers'win setup another showdown between the two mostpowerful teams in the region: Regis and MetroState.

'We know they re going to be tough gamesahead," said senior midfielder Adrianne Almarazabout going into the postseason. "We know thatwe have to come out on top of our game andmake sure that everyone is healthy and readyto play."

Saturdayt match saw two familiar foesbattle for the conference crown. Neither teamwas willing to make the first mistake, as theyknew any sign of hesitation could be the differ-ence between victory and defeat- It was an evenmatch throughouh each team took only 14 shotsin the game and both defenses played to theirhighest level.

The difference came with only five min-utes remaining in the first half. Metro set upfor a corner kick and the resuit was a clutchgoal for senior defender Meisha Pyke. It was agoal that would ultimately seal the win for theRoadrunners. With the goal in place, it was upto the Metro goalkeepers to secure tlte tide. Withthe help of an outstanding 'Runner defense, acombined effort in net from junior Mandy Allenand freshman Sarah Leonhard kept Regis offthe board. The game finished l-0 and the vic-tory gave Metro the right to host the upcomingNCAA regional tournament.

'Playing with composure and keeping themomentum going are important," said headcoach Danny Sanchez. "We really need to finishour drances. If we get that s€cond goal it's a dif-ferent game."

Danny Holland / The Metropolitan

Metro junior defender Stephanie Prouty iumps to fight for a ball ageiftt R€gis Saturday, Nov. 6.Prouty was part of a defense who only gave up five shots on goal in the contest.

'Runners: On top of the hillThe Roadrunners take the top seed into

the regional beginning 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 12.Metro will play fourth seed, West Texas A&M inthe first round-not to be confused with thethird seed Tens A&M-Commerce, who willplay second seed Regis in the second semifinal.If the Rangers play to their potential, it could saup a fourth game between Regis and Metro for

the regional championship, at 12 p.m. Sunday,Nov. 14,

The'Runners are confident in their game

and know what they are capable of going intothe tournament.

"We know we are going to have a hard road

ahead,'said iunior midfielder Jodi McGann.

"But we'll overcome it."

Men's soccergets rippedoff by NCAA

Volleybal (16-13)Unlike seasons past when Metro would host

the tournament, this year they are going on theroad. The road hasn't been particularly good tothe volleyball team ... itt not really the road(because they're 7-5 on the road), but wherethey're traveling that's been the problem. The

Donald SmithSports Columnist

'Runners are going to aplace where they aren'twanted: Nebraska. TheNeb-Kearney lopersmust be hoping-no,wait-begging thatthe

'Runners beat NewMexico Higlrlands sothey have the plea-sure-no, wait-thehonor of fi""llybeing able to beat the'Runners in the play-

offs. If revenge is to be avoided and Metro's vol-leyball team can hand the Lopers their first loss

of the season, they will still have to possibly beatthe Fort Hays State Tigers. Although I would liketo see that happen, I don t think it will. But, hey,at least the younger players will get some playoff

experience.

No.2 Women's Socccr (20-l)

Regis, why wonl you go away? Every time

I look on the schedule, it seems like Metro and

Regis are playing for something. First, it was theregular season tide, then it was the conferencetitle and now, these two teams could play for theregional cmwn. The Rangers are kind of like an

annoying fly: you can swat them and swat them,

but they just keep coming back. Itt as if they

can't take a hint; so maybe, just maybe Texas

A&M Commerce will beat them, because if it's

Regis-Metro IV I want the Roadrunners to just

crush them. (Swatting's overrated anyway)

Men's Soccer (15-4-2)

When I heard the news that the Metro ment

soccer team didn t make the regional playoffs, Iwas disgusted. Metro didn't defeat ColoradoSchool of Mines or Northeastern State duringthe regular season, but so what! I mean, hon-estly, what is the purpose of having conferenceplayoffs when there potentially could be noth-

ing on the line. Seriously, the Roadrunnersproved-for the second straight season, I might

add-that they are the best team in the confer-ence when it matters most: in the postseason.If this is the way itt going to be, the schedule-makers should not even bother having teams

that are going to be in the regional tournamenteven have to play in the conference tournament.

Personally, I would like soccer to be like vol-teyball: win and you're in. Make sommne haveto lose to have their season ended; because if ateam catches fire late in the season only to haveit ended by a committee, what's the use of hav-

ing coaches fire up their teams every game?(Xven though I know, they probably won t

ever read this), a question to the NCAA: howwould you feel wilning your conference tour-nament only to watch a team that got knocked

out in the first round, on their own field, to a

team they are-statistically, anyway-supposed

to beat, mor'e on while you empty your locker

for the season? Probably not good.I just want to say to all of ttre guys on the

Metro roster: great season!

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6ools:Soves:

I, Metro, Pyke, 40:00.Regis, Humphreys, 9.Metro, Alle,2, Leonhard, 3.

Men's Soccer

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6ools: | , Metro, Owen, 36:03. 2, Metro,Owen, 57:28 3, CSM, Ribiero, 60: 15. 4, CSM,Dixon, 53:54.Soves: CSM. Kimball. 2.

Metro, McReavy', 5.

Nw.7 at Durongo.Calo, | | 2 totalCSU-Pueblo 0 0 0Me t ro tO 2 2Gools: l, Metro, Owen,49:30. 2, Metro,Poras. 75:09.Soves: CSUP Muravez,4.

Metro, McReavy, 4.

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Volleyball goes onthe road to defendRMAC titleby NateTimmonsThe Metrooolitan

This time last year, the top seeded Metrovolleyball team was getting ready to hostthe Rocky Mountain Athletic Conferencetournament. This season, however, the 'Runners

earned the fourth seed and must go on the roadto defend their conference title.

The Roadrunners (16-13, 13-6 RMAC)closed out the regular season with a 3-l victory

over the Chadron State Eagles.The 'Runners were sad the season was

ovet but an-rious for their playoff opportunity,freshman lulie Green said.

The big three outside hitters for Metroagain led the offensive onslaught against theEagles (11-15,6-12 RMAC). Sophomore Sheena

Mclaughlin registered a match-high 20 kills ona .3 t7 hit percentage. Not to be outdone, Greenand sophomore Stefanie Allison added 17 and

15 kilis each.The win allowed Metro to aYenge its

heartbreaking loss to Chadron back on Sept.17 when the Eagles came into the nest and beat

Metro in five games, 3-2- The Roadrunnersrallied to win the third and fourth games, buttheir comeback fell short as Chadron won thefifth and deciding game, l1- 15.

This time around it was Metro winningthe first two games,30-27 and 32-30. Chadronattempted to imitate the 'Runner rally bywinning the third game 30-25. The Eagle rallyfell short as Metro dominated the fourth gamewith an impressive 30- 12 routing.

In the win, Metro potentially suffered a bigloss. During the first game against Chadron,junior middle blocker Renee Hazlewood

sustained a knee injury that sidelined her for therest of the match. Head coach Debbie Hendricks

said Hazlewood would undergo an x-ray to find

out the extent of the injury. Her status for theRMAC tournament will be announced later thisweek.

Metro will face the fifth seeded New Mexico

Highlands Cowgirls in the fust-round of theRMAC tournament- The 'Runners defeated the

Cowgirls (13-13, 11-8 RMAC) in three straightgames on Oct- 8.

New Mexico did not play up to their

capability in their fust match, according to

Hendrick."We've got to make sure we don't look past

them," Hendrick said.The Roadrunner game plan is to serve

aggressively and get the Cowgirls out of theirsystem, Hendricks said. An advantage for Metrocould be that the team played in Kearney, Neb.

iust two weeks ago and the Cowgirls have notplayed in Kearney all season. The crowd at theHealth and Sports Center should be packed withfans and be a factor during the games, accordingto Hen&icks.

"That's something we need to capitalize on,"Hendricks said.

The 'Runners game starts at 4 p.m.

Nov. 12 in Kearney, Neb. To stay updated

on the RMAC tournament results log on towww.gometrostate.com.

Runners: Outshooting 'Wolves to secure titlecontinued iom SOCCER on cover

goal, but we were all over them. They couldn'tscore a goal; we were just coming at them the

whole fust half," said Alcaraz-Reza.Everphing was going in the Roadrunners'

favor in the second half being up two goals andnot much more than half an hour remaining.

Mines decided to make it a game in the 60'hminute as Oredigger forward Rafael Ribeiro

scored unassisted to help dig his team from outof its two-goal hole.

The comeback would be completed a litdeunder four minut€s later as the 'Diggers scoredthe equalizer in the 63d minute of the matchafter forward Matt Dixon knocked home a tallyfrom midfielder Brian Hart.

Metro and Mines then played a little morethan 46 minutes of scoreless soccer when the

overtime whistle blew. The Roadrunners won

in penalty kick 3-1, advancing to play the

Thunderwolves Nov. 7.Ncaraz-Reza said the team came out in

the second half with the sarne type of attitudeand intensity they did in the first half, but afterthey scored their second goal of the match, theystarted looking ahead to Sundayt game andthat's when the Orediggers came back.

After an upset victory, the CSU-PuebloThunderwovles looked to get some revenge oftheir own when they took on Metro last Sundayin Durango, Colo.

"Against Pueblo, it was a very uneven match.I mean, we just ... killed them, erased them ftomthe field. We should've scored six goals, at least,"said Alcaraz-Reza.

Metro looked to end the game early as they

came after the Thunderwolves out-shootingC^SU-Pueblo 10-2, but to no avail as the'Runnersand 'Wolves went into the half tied at zero.

Four minutes into the second half. PhillipOwen scored the game winner as defensive backChad Pearson and midfielder Garrett Saduskycombined on the assist in the 49h minute of the@ntest.

The Roadrunners survived the mini rush ofthe Thunderwolves only to put the game out ofreach and the conference crown in their trophycase in the 75d minute as Antonio Porras scoredoff a David Gordon assist. Metro ended theirseason similar to the one before it: with theRMAC titlE.

"ltt just a great win ... we didn't expect tobe playing CSU-Pueblo, but we krew we hadto win; (we) concentrated on CSU-Pueblo anddefeating them and then came out with a 2-0

victory," said Sabbagh.The Roadrunners finished their season with

an overall record of l5-4-2.

File Photo / The MetroDolitan

|unior Phillip Owen helps Metro win the RMAC Conference Championship Sunday, Nov.7, in Durango,Colo. Along with sophornore Tony Porraq Owen scored to bear CSU Peublo 2{. Owen was named Tour-

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