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3A77Aunda $uden8 voted in theelrtion. Ihat's less than 1percent of the toul student

3,371Studen6 or 97 percent votedto approvethe RTDfee.

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APRTL 13,1983R0tCendlmentf$ngsteadlly.fhe number of R0TC Gdets atAunda is up 64 percent Since1979the number of R0T( unitson collEe ompuses has growrixnstte U.5. from 275 to 315,with a national mroHment of73,8l9cad*, a huge increasefrom fte4l,000enmlled in 1972.

Amhmseels@councilSeaitr lary An$rue, cmrdilutordommmity nlations for theAurada Higher Education Centet,is runningtogeta seaton the

1,81 1Meuo studen$ voted toapprove the fee. Forty-oneRqadrunnenvoted"noi'

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lhe RTD light-nil train awais passengen at $e Colhx Avenue station beforc leaving Auraria on April 8. Students at all thrce gdook voted l6t week t0 mairtain anagreementwidr RTD to provide service to allstudentsfrra one-timefee of 537 persemester.

SACAB spent $8,OOO on adver-tising alone to get students involvedin voicing their opinions W castinga vote. A totel of 3,477 Auraria stu-dents came to the polls to let theiropinions be heard,

"Its been a really long tirne sinceit (the voter tumout) has been thatbig," Fischer said.

"I don't have a problem wifh it,"said Bric Thompcon, a UCD student.

"I really like it. l think it is anamating deal because in the longmn you save lots of money. .Somepeople don't use it, but most do insome wav or another."

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Students put passon trackByKELLYHERRBRAkherrerT@mscd-edu

Students voted in favor of keepingtbe RID pass program after hittirigthe polls on April 2-3 with fte Iargestvot€r turnout in 11 years, accordingto the Student Advisory Conimittee tothe Auraria Board.

The current agreement betweenAuraria and RID will expire on Aug.10. The new agreement begnningAug. I I will cost students a one-timefee of $ 3 7 per semes@r, an overall $ 5increase from last year's fee of $32.The fee is not to exceed $39 over the

next two years,The fee inc:rease is due to the

number of rides being taken by stu-dents and the fare increase of 25cents that took effect Jan. 1, 20O8.

In the past year, MD rides by stu-dents increased 2.2 percent and lightrail rides increased 7 .7 percerrt.

Even though students will havea $37 add on to their shrdent feesevery semester, it will sme them theregular fare for the general public ofb 5 / b .

"t think it's ricliculous. we'reshrdents and have to pay for enoughthings as it is and some people don't

even use the RTD.'I said Metro stu-dent Jessica Altrnan, when askedabout the raising of the fee.

SACAB is the body that managestri-institutional programs, iirclud-ing the RTD program. The publicrelations coordinator for SACAB,

foshua Fischec said despite the re-cent increase, Auraria students aregetting a good deal in terms of costand transportation.

"I absolutely agxee with it,"Fischer said. "There's a large popula-

tion that use the llght-rail and bus ...if it wasn't for this pass, the campuswould be in trouble."

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From student to state gouernmentMetro sophomore divesinto political arena, runsfor Colo. House of Reps.ByJAMESKRUGERjkrugerlomscd.edu

Metro sophomore KaiJei Higgin-son never envisioned himself as apolitician.

The first-time Student Goveru-nrent Assembly senalor said h is desircand belief to affect qhange and makea difference is what led him to seekoffice at N{etro. And. now. it is thosesame characteristics that he said areleading him to much greater aspira-tions for a 27-year-old history major:state representative for Colorado's23rd District.

"It's about being that person thatmakes a change," Higginson said."Part of being a good citizen is thatyou should leave your communitybetter because you're there."

On March 8, the Republican Par-ty nominated Higginson as its can-didate to face off against Democraticincumbent Rep. Gwyn Green.

Higginson not only won the nom-ination for the district, which coversGolden, Applewood and sections ofFairmount and Lakewood, but thedelegates voted him in with morethan 7O percent of the vok - strik-ing out any need for a primary andplacing Higginson directly into thepolitical arena.

"A lot of people are looking for achange," Chairwoman of the Jeffer-son County GOP Renee Nelson said."It will be great to see how he fares asa candidate."

The election is expected to be afight for both candidates, howevef,with the dishict's population splitinto roughly 3 5 percent Republicans,32 percent Democrats and 3 3 percentindependents.

Higginson, a selfdescribed progressive Republican who is for pre-serving the rigbts of private enter-prise and pro-choice on abortion, ishoping to sway the independent vote.

"Hopefully, moderation willwork," he said.

As a candidate, Higginson plansto run on a pladorm primarily based61 somsfhing he knows well: educa-tion. He also said his age is an advatr-tage to him, not a disadvantage.

"Being a student, it's importantthat education be allordable to ev-eryone, and that's not necesgarilysomething that's happened," he said,"Representatives sometimes forgetwhat college life is like because theyhave been out of it for so long. "

Green said she has been an activepmponent for students and recentlyfought to prevent colleges from rais-ing tuition without counseling thestudents first.

With a granddaughter attend-ing Colorado State University and a

Kailei Higgimon is a ienatff on Mefiot Sftdent Govemment Asembly and hu abandoned his plans to run ftr Presidentofthe SGA to instead run for the (olorado House of Representatives. lligginmn was nominated S the Republion Party tofare ofi aginst inomb€fi Demomt Rep. Gwyn Grcen, to rcprcsent Colondot 23d Disttid

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daugbter that graduated ftom Meto,Green argued that she hasn't losttouch with the pligbt of the collegestudent.

"Our shrdents have a right to agood education, and I think it's vastlyunderfunded," she said, adding thatshe supports Gov Bill Ritter's plan toraise the state severance tax to pro-vide more funding to higher educa-tion,

While not adverse to raisin8 tax-es, Higginson said government mon-ey needs to be accounted for.

"fm opposed to raising taxesfor no reason," he said. "We need tomake sure we are using the money

that we have elfectively, "Higginson has had some orperi-

ence dealing with issues of fundingduring bis time on the SGA, wherehe opposed the use of student fees toremodel the organization's office andwhere he served as the chair of theRules and Ethics Committee and theShared Governance Committee.

Higginson had pl"nned to runfor SGA president but dropped out inlight of his state nomination, leav-ing the assembly with one candidate,curent vice president Anilrew Bateman.

While lligginson said the SGAdiiln't necessartly prepare him for

state government, he said he wasproud of his work cooperating withothers in the SGA to establish thestudent food bank and ffehting forthe Tentbook Allordability Act, r'hichRitter signed into law March 8,

Higginson said he's eager to con-tinue to figbt for shrdents' int€r€sts atthe capitol if elected, and he's eager tojunp in the race with his opponent.

Even though the candidates havenot yet met, both said they are enthu-siastic to start getting out and meet-ing the voters.

"I can hardly wait to get out ofsession and start pounding pave-ment," C'reen said.

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HigginsonParent: Donna BozemanSibling: Kenton BozemanOne goal upon beingelected: lmprovingfunding for highereducationScapegoat issue hehates: Abortion. He's pro-choiceAwards: Circle-K serviceawardBiggest Achievement:Served in the Army from1999-2006Biggest Mistake: Notdoing as well as heshould have in highschoolFavorite Super Hero:BatmanFavorite Food: Type,

Zodiacsign: Gemini

Higginson, saying he could bet-ter represent the ilishict than Green,agred and adiled, "it will be a lot ofwalking up to doors and meeting peo-ple and ffnding out what's importantto them."

Metro sophomore and commu-nications major Chris Rork said it'simportant to him to see students IikeHigginson involved with the politicalpr@ess,

"I suppose with age comes wis-dom," he said. "But college studentsrarely have an opportunity to r€pre-sent themselves in state government.

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Ercons share the pros of fteedomByDBBBTEMARSH&narshernscd-edu

Ihe bars came down when fourformer prisoners spola to about 2OOstud€nts, most of rhean criminal Jus-tice drajors, on April 3 in the ltroli.Presented by the Mero Omi"a lus-tie Honor Socidy, the Ilfers Forumallqrcd students to hear ffrst-handaccounts ft'm four men who spenta total of mort than l0O years in theColorado prison system. In spite ofthelr fime b€bind bam, each of themen had a positi\rE message to de-lirer.

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A larky black man in a brownsuit completi with folded scar{ roce totate the mioophone. Itavis Guytonwas dressed up after 27 years in thesame outfft every day.

"It's enough to <hivc you insane,"be sad of tris ttme in prlson.

Guj'ton used those years to edu-cate htmreU thmugh academic pro-grams, eventually earning a docton-ate dt:gr€e because be didn't wantpeople talhng dovvn to him.

"What I acuralts did was use therime instead of allowing the fime touse me," he said,

SPeahDg lilo" a tent reviv"alis,Guyton cr€dib his Aansformationto a htgher povuer. He'8 got a missionin life nour, anrl he's spmeading theword.

"If you want to heal people in

1rison, you need to fo society," hesaid.

IIis voice raised, enunciating eachsyll$le with care he uryed the audi-6pseto maLpthsmselvEsbetlerpeople

as lndividuals in order 0o help others.He added that if you don't how howto efi€ctiwly seree yourself, you can'tserve others,

'Don't alhv yourself to. tbink

1ou're a failure when 1ou have onesetback lt's a sehrp for a comeback."

KEdnMfchencFor 2O years, he was No. 58425.

Il' rhings had been dillerent, the num-bers associated with lGvin Mickens'name rrrrould have been for yardspined and 0oucMorvns insEad ofhis fircdigit pdson ldennty.

He grew up dr,eamhg of a careerwith the Dallas Cmboys, and at age15, Itilic}€ns was the No. 1 linebackerln the state of Tqas,

But as a senio, he d€Hd hewanted to go visit his biological fa-ther. a man u&oee lfle was immersedin crine.

'You go to Denver, you re going toend up ibad or in pisou" his motherwarnedherson.

At 18, MIcl<eDs wound up sen-tenced to 32 pars for murder, aggra-vated robbery and aggravated assault.Snapplng hls ffngers in emphasis, hesaid tbat tbe good person he d beenwas "wiped away in a momeirt"' Inprlson, "For l0Jrears,Istabbed,

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tsftt0trgfttTrfltrGnybrulevin ttlidenr,lturtPidm-and lhbelawsonspeatbmontlun2ltrstudenBaDomlihi]fnsoApil3intlnliuoli.Spmmd bytlpMetuo Climhal fustia Honor So<iery, the panel was ompised of ex.olts who hd rpent 14 to 5ll Fats lodcd up fu oimc ntryilry from drug smuggling to mude.

end visib he ruas released. Ibday hesays simpS, "She's my miracle."

After ffve years with an anHebracelet prapped around his leg; hedreams sinply of ltuing in a cabin inthe mountahs.KurtPichon

Biceps bulging under a RalphLauren sbirt,Ifurt Pichon admits thathe thought he was inrmune from thesystem because he had money.

'Ibought myse out of erery sa-uation," be said. The former Aspenitespent 14 years in a grFen uniform forrunning drugs.

Tbimed and intense,- Pichonadvocates spending a wtrk in yourbatlroom to get a feel for prison lifeIte blunt$ said that the things that goon be.hind bars are "ungodly," addi"gthat some of the prison guards hawa worse agenda than any of the pis-oneN.

the man who usd to be theselfdescribed'ndrst alcoholc dopeftend thsr was" nm runs a youthdivtrsion plogram to steer Hib anrayftom prison, He says that the bdshe counsels dou't need nore food$anps, they need a chanoe. Guytmzummed up the difroilty of prison rc-form by nodng "You have to realizethat you're dealing rvith a multihl-lion dollar industy ltt/hat's por,rier inAmerica? Money."

IIe Sat€d that pr,evrntion is tlekey to keeplng youth out of the pris@syst€n"

'I-et's gire them a mind wherethery want to be leados."

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amountthe pdsion population in Colondo has inseas€d1980.

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Left Fonneronyktftavb Qryton malesa pointaiout lih inpdson, whid he sap lea& b abure by ofier Fi$ner and an edu-o$on in ciminal hhavior rd|e' tlnn nlnbihation of inmates

I stole, I extorted." he recalled.He became inaea^{ngb despon-

dent, r€alidng that 'slowly but surery,the system was murdering ma " Then,Mickens found God and hrned his lifeaormd.

TLrday, the former convict urorksfor a ilfircrsion Foup with the sameD.A. who once condemned him. aswell as being a youth pastor for bigh-rlsk kids in the Five Poinb neighbor-hood.

a have very little to be angryabout, a lot to be thailftl hr," midthe man who has lvorn an anklebracelet for the last two vears. "Don't

feel sorry for me, feel sorry for the guynto has no remorse."

Ilabc Lrwcon"My Me bas been a mess," sald

Habe Imrvson, a soft+poken manwith gray hair who looks and soundslikb the nioe grandpa in a TV sitcom.The TGpar-old nrho says he used tohate too much and love too litde has

Emt w€r ftvo-thirds of bis life Iockodup.

Iawson began his life of crime atthe age of 12. Uk many youfh, hewas angry aird hostile.

"I loved my counky; I hated Habe

Larilson," he said.IIis former parb€r in crime fn-

gier,ed hirn for a homicfle he diah'tcommit to getout of a robbery charge,and lawson was found. guilty "because of ny fila" he saftL 'Once youget a file, y'ou're no longer a citizen."

'D,on't kirl yoursell l4&en you goto prison, you die" he toH the audi-ence.

Iawson becane an advocate forhis fellow inmates. and for the fusttime felt good because he was dolnggootl He marrlod a teacher he metthmugh his work for othem in thesystem, and after 20 years of r.r,eek-

Former Metro student gets hard lesson in home buyingWith foreclosures on the rise,first-time home buyers arestruggling to make paymentsBy METJSSA GIIJTIAMmgillhamemscd.edu

When Ryan Iease was unable to male themortgage paymeuts on his home, he stoppedsleeping - for nearly a month.

'It's amazing how it can affect your Me,"Lease said. "I seriousb think I lost, like, 15pounds iust from being too stressed."

the former Meto sfudent found himselfin mid-2007 stusgling to mAke the mortgage

payments on his Ft, Lupton, Colo., town house.He had agreed to a two.year, adlustable-rate

mortgage.An adiustable-mte mortgage, or ARM.

starb out with a ffxed, monthly payment typi-cally a much lower payment than a ff:red-ratemortgage would have,

But that payment can change r,vten theint€rcst rate periodicaly adjusb, which usu-a.lly stafis happening after two, tbrce or fiveyears, depending on the mortgage agreement.Montbly payments usually increase after theinitial fixed-rate period, sometimes by hundredsof dollars, which is exactly what happened tolease,

His payments iumped in the niddle of theyear after the interest increased at the two-y€aranniversary of his mortgage.

At the sane tirne, Iease was starting a newjob and bringing in snaller paychecks tlan hehad at his last iob.

"When I looked at everything, I didn't thlnkthere was any way to fix it, " the single fafher ofone said.

"I was worried about how it all was going toallect tanie (his daughter). I didn't know whatelse to do but move and let 1t go into foreclosure."

kase is not alone. According to RealtyTtac,Colorado had the second-highest foreclosure

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rate in the nation in the first half of 2007, withthe owner of one home in 60 reporting a fore-clmrr,e fili:rg.

"It's beconing so widespread." former real-tor Adam Birt said- "r{nd aII anyone is predict-ing is that the foreclosure rates ar€ just going tokeep climbing."

Birk worhed as a real estate agent until re-cently making a career shift into media man-agement.

"I never want€d to be a realtor and just kindof fell into it," he said.

"Wth this looning recession and decreas-ing house sales and the whole ARM crisis, it re-ally iust seemed Iike a good time to get out."

"I actually owned a house in Minnesota be-fore I moved to C,olorado," Birk said. "I got intoit with an ARM before I really understood whatthat meant."

Iease said a lack of understanding was themain reason he agrmd to a loan with an adiust-able rate.

"I wish I would have unde.rstood more,"kase said. If there was any piece of advice hecould offer to potential homebuyers, he says itwould be to ask around before you sign any-thing"

"Get appraisals from mort than one personand talk to a lot of people," he said. "And don'tever use an ARM."

If he could go back and do it again, he sayshe would not have nrshed into the mortgagethat he did.

"The lender that helped me really made merhink this was the smart way to do it," I€as€said- "You know, tlmt I could totally allord thesepayments... that I $'ould be able to refinance intwo years. And it was the only way I could af-ford the town house I wanted."

herself in the same situation when she pur-chased her condo almost two years ago.

"The only way that I could allord the two-bedroom condo that I wanted was with anadjustabte rate mortgage," D'Albey said. "So Igot it, but I hew that I lvould be maling morcmoney before the rate changed,"

D'Albey is expecting her interest rate to ad-just for the 6rst time *'i" fall. And, dtrough sheis making more money than she was when shefirst signed her mortgage, she is unsure of whatto exp€ct,

"I'm pretty certain that J'll be able to af-ford my house this fall," she said. "But it'sstill a little nerve-racking, the fact that I don'tknow what kind of payments to expect in thefutue. But it doesn't keep me awake at nightyet. "

Since moving to a rented apartment inIouisville, Colo., kase is finding that he cansleep through the night again.

"I don't lay awake all panicked new," [esaid. "I know that I have a foreclosure on myrecord, but I can pay my rent and feed lanie.Plus, I'm not really worrying about my creditscore for a while."

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son end lelk to a lol olpEoplE. And dodl suuruso en AnM ladiust-able-rale morlgageJ"

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Marchers target Chipotle tomatoesByEMILE HATLEZehallezomscd.edu

Protesters marched April 2 inDenver outside Chipotle's corporateheadquarters demanding the bur-rito chain male changes in its tomatitsupply to improve conditions {orworkers in lrnmokalee, Fla.

".We had a small march, and alsoa delegation that actually went upinto the Chipotle headquarters," saidMarc Rodrigues, a member of theStudentffarmworker Alliance, whowas hanslating for Romeo Ramirez.a member of the Coalition of Immo-kalee Workers. 'I'm a farm worker. ...I'm representing a large community

. of workers that is ready to see a realchange in the agricultural industry."Part of that change, tle group voiced,is raising the amount restauants payper pound of tomatoes by a penny

.The throng of activists, whopaced.up and down the sidewalkalong Wazee Street, chanted: "Whatwe want is justice in Immokalee,""One penny more," and "Si se puede"or "Yes we can." Several held an enor-mous burrito-shaped prop covered inbtlwith Exploitntion written across itin red print.

Part of the CIW's tampaign wasdispensing a horde of preprintedpostoards to concerned consumers.The cards, which needed only to besigned and stamped, asked ChipodeCBO St€ve Ells to consider the plightof the tomato pickers,

Thoug[ a representative fromthe CIW hand delirrcred a pile of thesigned postcards to Chipotle, it is un-clear whether the message will haveany impact on Chipode's businesspractices,

"CM's campaign is to impro!€wages for farm. workers who pick to-matoes in Florida ... They are apply-ing their campaign to Chipotle just

'as they would to any fast-food com-pany," wrote Chris ArnoH, a Chipo-tle representative, "We don't buy anyFlorida tomato€s,"

Amold did not say if the protestwould influence Chipotle's buyingpractices and wordd not comment onthe .postcards. Instead, Amold em-phasbed the prices Chipotle currentlypays for its ingredients.

'Chipotle has the higbest foodcost of any restaurant company...because we choose to spend more onthe ingreilients, " Amold said.

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Prctesten march April 2 ouBide the Oripotle headquarten in lhnver. Ihe (oalition of lmmokalee Worken and the StudenUtamworket Alliante demanded aninoease in pay of one (ent perDound of tomatoes. Metrc stude4t Angelica Franco, €enter, iaid tomato pider il lmmokalee face slavelabot conditions. '

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ftipotle headqoarter in downtown Deil,er. Acompany reprcsentatiye said ftipotledoesdt buyany Florida tomatoe*

The CIW held a successfirl boy- and recently concluded. The fast-food with the group to improve pay andma of Taco Bell that lasted four years chain conceded and is now working labor conditions in Immokalee.

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ers should not let corlnrations likeChipotle fool them when they saythat they're doing the dght thingor working with the farm workers,"Ramirez said.

Despite Chipotle's t€pid responseto the demonshation, many prot€st-ers saw the corporation's receipt ofthe postcards as a $nall victory.

"We were actually successfirl to-day," Metro sfirdent Angelica hancosaid. "They came to the table, whkhhadn't been done before. ... It's onestep closer, which is why we're here."Franco said she feels a connecdonto Immokalee laborers, because herfamif has a history of working inagriculture.

"rlnd a lot of folks tend to say'Well it doesn t even dk you' ...or 'It's not your fight,"' Franco said."But basically it is, because we eatthese foods every day."

Tomato plckers in the impov-erished region of Immokalee makeabout 45 cents perbucket of tomatoesthey prck and earn about $IO,OOOper j€ar, the Student/FarmworkerAlliance stated.

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A End u[ Elays

Re: Protesters ofBeijing Olympics

'Cbina wanted the bt€rna-tional spotlight of the 2OO8 Olym-pic Games. that spotllght pub outa httle heat, as China is loamingwith the pmteses om the Olympictorch .

the gotests Inay seem puz,-zling and insulting to the powersin Beiiine, but hee erpmssion andthe right to disseft are definingelements of a demgoacy - a wordthat seems to be'missing from theChhese government's dictionary.Beiting also seems confrrsed on theconqopt of hurnan rights, as wi-dence of ib oppression of llbet, ibrepression of religion, its suppres-sion of free thought and its com-plicity in the Su.lanese atrocities inIladur.

Ts*_":oryd*asonthat Written hy $E0F W*LIERMA$'| rr gvrr*llerm@mscd.edupeople will be ga&ering on the

lliustrated by ANsHElv H0WERT$N u ahcwertz@mscd.edsstreets of San Fraocisco to malesure that Chlna's upment in thesun is accompanieal by a message ,'of the nrcrld's oubage about the 7\ . . T T o a . .

tably, the d€monstrations in Paris rhe pictures of bioodied ribetan -snl, And When the ngWS WAS OVef We tUfned Off OUf

:ili,T;*"JilT'H:;l*' l,H,:::trfi'":rfr1fr,iliiT; Mt Tr!::t::9\i"! \u: g?! y! !:9ry tl! Ttu_T-Afterar,therorchrunarsorep i.,#il;ffiii}ilru;:fi ffil china couc-h and urent to bed between ma.de-resents mmething rrrorth cclebrat- had been inserted in our sentJnce, we ffi*- in-Ching ShgetS .ing. the approaching of a quadren- fell silent and r,tatched. ffiilnial world gathering for 16 days of Something about watching de- *.$\ro down after Tiananmen. China holds through their cities, or the equally or-fellowship and pursuit of the high- mocracy get crushed under iack- *.s$$ffi+X]- {*,,* tar and wide more foreign currency nate r,rays t}e pmtesters have hied toest level of atbletic achievement. boots kind of kills the mood. t:-:'^.*s- reserves tlan any other country, they disrupt the relay at every turn.

nff#ffiffimT*n* .#nlT#1":ffT,JT nsrrlnnsss$,ml$m- :H;:trfl'il::Til'#.ff ".#JlfJh;1;ilffj;*:to modem tim€s, unfortu- find the culprit - the person responsi- SFglttE of [ving is beginning to rise, they are tried to worm their lvay out of goingnately, the Games have not been a ble - and condemn them for their ac-

S*gnf:and tAl,.g frfl.gdil emerging as one of the prize markets on record against China.refuge. tom tefmrisn or national tions. Call it my western upbringing,

-r---"--"-'\; for selling our products to. Tibet, having not been in the

disputes. They have been marred but I want to know who wears the big ation wasn't fitting in my simple China, in short, is the engine for news for nearly 10 years now seemsby bo',totts (most notably Moacow white hat and who is <lressed in black. framework. the world's economy right now. to be the Save the Whale of the week,1980 and Ios Angeles 1984), ter- I want a hero ald villain. Here I was sitting on my comfort- And rvell ... that makes us all replacing Darfur. But the fact is lvhenrorinn {Munich 1972 and Atlanta And China fits the role of the able couch in my cornfortable apart- partly responsible for the massacre the Olymplcs are over we will move1996) and slaughter of protesters bad guy in this situation. They took ment having my com,fortable and of Tibetans - you, me and both our on again and leave them in the lurch.(Mexico City 1968). The Ollmpics over Tibet in 1951 - killing by some safe anger at the evil Chinese govern- colorTVs. People have been getting attackedtlemselves have been afrlictpd [3' estimates more than a mi]lion and a ment. And when the news was ol'er So when I saw the breaking news in Darfur for 15 years now, but onlyscandals, from steroids to bribery half people - and have ruled it with we turned off our made-in-China TV about protesters in London, Paris and now it is suddenly a topic?

But still, the world comes to- an iron fist since. China's human got up from the made-in-China couch San Francisco attacking the Olympic And where u,ere all the Pro-Tibet-gether, determinedto orercome the rights infractions are r,r,ell docu- and went to bed betn'een made-in- Torch relay I $'as not among those ans in 1951 or in the 6O years since?rnyriad forces that want to stop the mented. Let's iust say they are not China sheets. cheering them on. If you don't like how China featsGames. Protesters: Say your piece, exactly known as light on crime. For a county that everyone wants What was it now that has every- Tibetans * holding up your sign towave your signs' but let thetorch Tiananmen Square made the U.S.'s to condemn for being the bad guy, one suddenly caring about Tibet? It "Free fibet" is verging on mockeryand its pmud bearers proceed in 1971 Kent State Massacre look like they sure do getalotol business, Chi- occurred to me as almost comical. I of the Tibetan people, when you turnpeace. The torch is not the enemy. an Easter day parade. . nais the secbnd largest economy be- arn stillnot sure r,r'ho looks more ridic- ar:ound and buy China's productsIt is bringing the spotltght toward So it should have been cut and hind the U.S. They have averaged 10 ulous, the ornate arrangements made the next dayr That, I'm pretty sure,B€iiin&' dry. China is the bad guy, right? percent economic growth per year for by governments and individuals to get is called hlpocrisy Chasing after the

But something about this situ- the iast 25 years, and no itdid not dip a piece of the torch action as it runs Ol]'mpic torch is iust catled dumb.

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thein arc having a meltdovn "ldeEo's F€sentatioD able was done in

purple and black to complemmt a menu witha Roclles basebal th€m€, kvine grabbed thepot of Mrangeas oll the table and plunked

thein aside."It's all about the foodt" he proclalned.MeEo ch€& meatveb used a can with

both ends rcmovred to mold rice pilaf next toroostod corn relish-for thdrjudgps' plat€s. Cur-rred baDana raisin egg rolls, sliced iliagpnally,stood up in a savory boney, sauce. Chocolate.pot au crtme accented wtth strands of hard-ened caramel nestled in marfini glasses. At thelast mon€nt hearts of romaine w€re rcastedand toppd vvlth an aprbot vinaigrctte. llmewas up.

Judgps nq€ tigbtlipped as they made therounda tastlng, cmparing dishes and scribbllng-notes, 1 /hile they tallied polnts, Horineand Munh rcviewd the eryerience.

llrere wre supposed to be eight pots dndpans instead of tun, Horlne noted, and thepromised prep bowls and latex gloves neverEataialhed. But ewry team's work stationwas the sam€, and he ww happy witb thequality and variety of the ingredients and howMetro perhrmed.

Qr c,ommunicanon was kay," he said ofthe team's efiort.

Muniz added that once the clock startedtiqltug, "We ditln't nodce the people." A crowd

of about 80 observed the conte$.The Meto team me,mbers all work in addi-

tlon to belng frrll-tine studenb. ftiedman, whohas been chef for 20 years, coob fon the An-eristar Caslno inBlaclfiaruk r,nhere his boss just

won C.olorado Chef of the Year. Ilorine mansthe stove at the Colorado Convenflon Center,and Webb trav€ls to Iarkspur to create dishesat tbe Perry Part Counby Club. the bilingpalMunfu helps inner-city residents make sense oftheh tienefits at Denver Health.

Awards were giwn at a luncheon follotrvingthe cook-off 1he team ftom Nevada placed sec-ond, Missouri was tbird, California got fourthplace, and lllinois tailed the pack.

The ever-amiable l-ouie put in a ffnal appearance to shout, "Do any of you want to dothis again?" Iudging W the hoots and applause,n€td year's evgnt is a sqs fhing.

The public can sanple the r,rrort of Meho'syoung cheG at tlree luncheons that will beheld on Thursday ADrlI24, May I and May 8

. in Room 128 of the Plaza Building. Studentswill present an appetizer, soup or salad followed

by an ennee and tlessert with tea or collee for

Sl0. Contact Marc loraienstein at 303-556-3152 for reservations or more information.

Metro sut6s Gompetition in cook'offByDEBBIBMARSTIdmarsh8esrscd-edu

Metro emerged victtrious after teims fromffve $ates competed Apil 5 in the ffrst ColoradoBisho Chal€ngp event at the Adam's ltark Hotel in Denm. Four-member stident teams $/€[Egiven 90 minutes to prepare at least four dishes,set a table and produce a menu. Oh, and theyhad noidea what.ingredienb they tl be working-wiath

until just befine theytegan cooking.Meho hospitality, tourism and events de-

parh€nt students lbdd hiedman, AdclisonHorine, Ilevin Muniz and Iames Webb wortrdwith prac{iced effciency Under the tutelage ofShely Owens, Meho assistant pnofessor andilirector of cullnary arb, the quartet had spenturce.b pacticing for the erenL

Erqrt derrcloper and food consultant DonLoule ran the contest. "I a'n God herel" washeard morr than once as the smillng, euergrfic

' Iouk asdgned staflons and ansrvered ques-tions, Bach team was provided with table* tltoburners, a large pot and maller paa and sixtrays, as rrcll as bonds and uten$Is.

.' Shrdents from Cal$cnia, Illinols, Nevadaand Missouri stood ready as loule r,rfiipped offthe cloths con€ring the panhy tables promptb

at 9:30 a.m. the mandatory foods were re-vraled: Asiap cheese and pasta.

Tbam captatn frled:narl minced and .

chopped, Webb shuttled items in hom the pan-FylocafioqMunizheatodcreamandchocohtechips r,frile Horine prepared herbs and conhib-uted to menu decisions. Coach Orcns olleredscant advice; her studenb wtre well prepped todo the job on their orvn.

"I'm more of a motivator than anything,"Owens said of her role. The tean practiced forttrree and a half hours every ltf,onday for 10r,veeks to get ready for the er,rcnL

Wiile the team hustled, assistant professorand cullnary rnanag@ent Director JacksonIarnb rclunteered some background on Meho'shospitality, toudsm and events deparbnent

Ianb noted that "While rrc feature eightdilTerent cooking classes, we stand apart fromother prognms bocause of our accounting andmanagement class focus."

Meanwtile, the Metro compedtors had as-sembled arr array of ingredients at their stationthat inclurled fresh plums, bananas, almondsand onion, ric€ paper, egg roll wraps, beansprouts, curry powder, soy sauce and honey.When thery discovered the panfry didn't includeany salt or pepper, they took advantage of the

shaters they d bmught for their place setting.Without any lids, the crew improvised and put

a plate over one of the pans sitting on a flame,Fow judges roaned the room to grade

teamworhard ifioerrr-asrcIl-as-tbe food'-

Team optain lodd Fdedman rtands rcady widr ingrcdiena ar Addion Hodne wtisls a saute heceated dudng the Bisto Galhnge culinary oolt-ofrApdl 5 in downtown Denver.Iheiteam of fourlietm studenB won $e evertt

ludge Robert kvine, formerly of the Food Net- With 50 minutes to go in the compedtion'

work's popular Dnnei: ImpossiDle show livedup the atrrosphere was tntense and Iouie threw

to his fiery reputation as he questioned Metro another curveball.captain Friednan 'There will be 15 minutes taken oll the

"Do you have your menu done yet?" Irvine clocJi et€ryone" he annotrnced.said. . As the ninutes ficked down, the pressure

1No. We're worhng ou it. We have two of mse.the four iterns," Friednan replied. Horine sliced open his finger, but ganely

"Onlyfour?' continued cooking."We're just students, sir." Near the Los Angeles team table' their

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Bill Maduta watdes thepassing lands(ape on

Mard 26fr0m the ob-servation (ar of the Am-trak train he rode fiomDenver to (hatham, lll.

Madura, a part-timeMetro instrudor in the

psychology department,traveled to his mothe/shome to help her movefrom her home state tothe independent levelof a retirement facilityin Texas. "l'm losing the

connection with lllinoisi'Madura said. "That may

seem impersonal, butthere3 something aboutthe land that makes one

calm. lt's homei'

Tw i 1 i g \* ^T !__*IS i t i o n sBill Madura, a part-time instuctor in the psycholos/ depart-

ment at Metro and my father, spent spring break in Chatham, Ill.Madura's father died on Oct. 8 and his mother rernained alone in aIarge house in the small town outside Springfield.

Irene Madura, her late husband and all four of their cbildrenwere born and raised in Chicago. The elderly cougle moved to Cha-tham 12 years ago, w*rere they could enjoy life at a slower pace, Re-cently, Irene found herself facing some iarring changes and tough

decislons. She had lost her husband and companion of the past 60years and her family was scattered around the counbry hene's chil-dren encouraged her to make the fansition into a home that couldprovide some assistance, and she decided on a retjrement home inSan Antonio, vltrere one son lives. Together, Bill Madura "nd hismother revisited old memories as they chose what could be shippedto her small aparhnent, Together, they said goodbye to the rest.

Bill Madun spontaneously puts a boxover lrene Madura as the two pad(theferv posessions she willbe ableto keep in her new apartment in Tex-as. Although broken by briefbursB oflight-heartedness, the mood duringlrcne!finaldays in her home wastense. Ihe sudden dranges associatedwith losing her life-companion andher home in short succession havebeen overwhelming fu her."llovethis house/she said, "But anyway, nosense in talking about it nowi'

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lrene Madun takes a heakfom pachng to soothe her awas allowing her only four hours of sleep ever night Htimelshe said.

Bill Madura look closely ata babyfoodjarfilled with nails in his parents'garage. Madura's father, Arthur, died on 0ct.8and left behind many remnants of his passions, An artist, photographerand gardener, Arthur (ollected tools and suppliesand found pride in his abilityto fix or build whatever he needed without a trip to the hardware store. As lrene relocated toa much smaller apartment her late husband3 collections were thrown out or donated to local handymen."The discon-nections from onet past iswhat lthink about when I think ofall Mom is getting rid of. We have a lot ofbelongings thatremind us of our history/Madura said.

hene Madunt (hi(ago White Sox nightlight went into the box ofessentialitems that were shipped to her new home in Texas, lrenet love ofbaseballwas

handed down by herfather. Before agreeing to move, she demanded confima-tion that she would be able to watch the Sox on cable in her new apartment.

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Shawn Sneed demonsttates t0 studenE how to lelease themselves from a headlod and gain ontlol ovel a potemial attarkeron Apdl7.

Shawn Sneedbdngs his0pponentto his kneesby using thefingerloclrte(hnique.

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Joshua 0mdorfi, the head coach of Metro Mixed Martial Arts Team, shorIhai, has only lost one 6ght and leads Metrot undefeated team.

GabdelMarquezgrupples withanother teammemberduringMMA practiceonApril 4. Marquezistraining forthe upcomingWorldwidetighting ftam-pionship talled"Amageddon"on April 12.

Gabriel Marquez practices take-downs on April 4 insidcoach Joshua 0rndorffwatches. Marquez will represerat the Denver Coliseum.

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The students wtre lined up in evenly spacedrows, standing at att€ntion in their crisp ttrhiteuniforms, eyes facing forward" fu a commandfrom the instructor, they performed, in unison,a choreographed set of movements. The still mt-ton material made snapping sotmds with eachprecision punch and kick focused on imaginarytargets in ftont of them.

This was one of four thekwondo classestaught in the Auraria Campus Rec,reation Cen-ter by Bill Fottle, a fifthiegree Hack belt. Pottlereceived his black belt when he was 16 and hasbeen teaching for l5 yers.

'I have all kinds of people signed up," Fottlesaid. "I have people that are mer 10O pounds

overlwight and haven't touched their toes inyears, and I haw people that hav€ iust coms outof the Marines,"

Ther€'arE mrny Feasons to shrdy the fightinsarts, and eachjndivialual has his or her own per-

sonal rcasoq in dhd for pursuing this arduousphysical endeavor. It may be to increase oonff-dence, leara self defense, become more self disci-plined, get into bettdr prysical shape or to com-pete eg"inst others in a spgrting environment'There is a r,vealth.of in*uctional experlnce oo6ernpus awxiting any Mdtro student dlling tolearn.

The next acthtty for the studetrb was freesparing, with safety equipoent including shinand hand guards and aho upper-body paddin*The students lined up in pairs with one holdingtarget pads for the other to kick There r,eere vad-ous skill levels present from beginner white beltsto advanced black behs. Ev€ryone tleated eachotler with res@, rcgardless of nnk, and bowedto their partner when finished with the kickine&ills.

"Taekwondo is giood foreveryone," Poule said."The iliripline you min tbmughTaekwondo canhelp in other aspects of your life."

On the other end of the recreation center aretwo small workout areas wtrere the M€fo MixodMartial Arts lbam works out. Any int€r€stedMetro student can partake in the training offeredhere for free,

One stuilent was poundng furiously on .aheavy punching bag that hung in the corner,Sounclg of hands slapplng on the padded {bormats and grunts of physical exertion came fromthe smaller room on the other side of the hallwaywhere mbre student! w€re practlclng,

Jochua Orndorff ls the head coach and teammanager of the undefeated M,M.A. team at Met-ro. Spoclalldng ln Muay thal, or hckMn& as ltlr commonly known, Orndc{I hae a Thal ffght-Ing record of 45-1-0,

"The snly tlght I have lost wac my fust one,"Orndodf rald.

Muay Thal, th€ netlonal sport of Ihall€nd, ls

hown as a brutal combat sy$em thar utilizes allparb of tbe boaly as weapoos Omda{I lircd in

' thailand for bur Fars rithib sralying and *rathe thai National Bare Ihuckle Champboshbdtle in 2q)4 and 2OO5. Ooly one other fceign€rhas ever accomplbhod this feat

As a testament to the tough .standards of athai fight€r, Ordorff sported a nidreL snzed sc$on his right $in, the rcmnant of a ompoundFachrr€ that he sullered trrv ui€els eadicr dur-ing practi:e OnV in a plder casf for a few days,Orndorll said he believes tbat the injury will healslorver if left in a ccL

Gabriel Marquec is one of the fghters train-ing with Omdorff and will rtpresent the M€tFoteamlnanupcomingWotldwideFlehtingCham-pionshipbouttitled "Armagedfun," attbekvcColisetrm on Apil 12.

Stanaing in the hallnrry oursile the tain-irig mom rvas a large mus ar man rlearingsl amusing fahirt *,r ,xg}.Te !t* t" mc or fllsic ry ninF moo&e5ls on pu-" Ander martialarts teacb€r at Mdo. Shawn Stired is a mags ofCoju RF karate, a *yk hm Okinaw'a lapan.

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ln lhmplc i! China is bdbreal by nany to be &eUn$dace of Kung hr, a ctyb made famous byBruoe Ic in bls nt@rous mfria

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and dained tlrc poc$le eftcb thc wotfi beincurred b the attaceer lte tactlcs flnt be useilnErc not something you rwuld see b a quting

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is scheduled to perform April 15 at the Grizzly Rose inDenver,

The die-hard Poison fans that have already bought

their tickets to see Michaels will be anything but incon-

spicuous. They'll be the ones with skin-tight ieopardpants, big hair held firm with Aqua Net and breasts,augmented in 1984, hanging out of red patent leather

vests.

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0n sale lotrl l R.E.M. picls up the alt-rock paceGeorgiat deans of college rotk refueltheit refined ftythms with new album laeletofe

According to the opening track on R.E.M.'s nelt'album, "Living Well Is the Best Revenge."That may be true, but their latest albrm Accelerate proves that one well-made record is the bestrevenge for I 5 years of commercial futility.

Receiving the first critical acclaim sin ce 7994's Monstar, Accelernte ts a 3S-minute tou r deforce of meaningful melodies zrnd - get this - fast-paced, guitar-charged rock n' roll.

That's not to say that commercial success has ever really been the focal point of these

perennial college-alt rockers (and if it !vas, they $'or d'le probably faded as fast as lead '

singer Michael Stipe's hairline after being inducted into the Rock 'N'

Roll l{all of

Fame in 2007). But based on their catalogue of previous albums (including Mttr-

nutr, Greetr and Automatic For Thc People, among others), it's hard to believe that

the Athens, Ga. trio had ever intended of limping through the latter ]€ars of thea

career lvith convoluted. brainv ballads and ouick-fix alterna-mlxes.

Accelerate, instead, lives up to its name, with swectly shortened compositionsand tvveaked tempos from original members Peter Buck (guitar) and \like ]t{ills(bass) that continue to convey Stipe's sensible soliloquies, while lending enoughamplifier to keep the hstener wired into the sounds and wide alvake throughout.

For every semi-sweet and sleepy bailad on fucelerate ("Horsstan," "Hollow Man"and "Until theDay Is Done') there is a scorching, slidc guitar-slung tack ("Supemahr-ral Superserious," the title brack, "Horse to Water,") designed to prick up the pacemaker of seasoned listencrs.

And for those aged listeners looking forward to the afterlife, Accelerutnwrap withanother classic R.E- I. odeto the apocalypse, "I'm Gonna DJ," which wisffi ly quips: "Music will provfute the light you canEot resist." Andthat's music to the ears of R.E.M. fans evervwhere.

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Rocks Anphitheatre with special guests Modest Mouse and The Nationals.

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|nore t|p(o|ning shows lDenver's 0gden gets heavy with Ministry, Anti-Flag

uptolningshowsu

and The Briggs7 p.m,@ Ihe Ogden Theatre517-$18,16+

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"Cleaned up"fiontman Al Jourgensen (front) and his rag-taggroup ofheavy metal hoodlums known as Ministry will preachthe word of rock April 12 at the Fillmore Auditorium.Ihey maynot be high on drugs, but they're drunk on dis(ontent

If only because it marked the entry of an

evolution in albernative musical genres, 1988

was a banner year. Punk had officially gradu-

ated to lndustrial, and the drug-chic language

of the beat generation u'as born anen'.

For more than a quarter of a century, the

band Ministry has fitfully readjusted the nerve

centers oI anyone who has come within ear-

shot of their erratic int€rpretation of rock 'n'

roll, Staccato drum beats. distorted vocals and

frenetic guitar solos are but a few of their hall-

marks. Ministry's signature is to incorporate ti-

rades on right-rving government \,!'ith samples

from movie dialogue and political speeches topunctuate their terse guftural poetry.

Bands, like addicts, are er?ected to har,'e

their high and lon' points. and l\{inistry's had

their fair share of both peals and valleys. The

last three albums, though, have been not so

much a revisiting of the band's speedJacedpast but a continuation of where they left off.

Their most recent album, ?he l,ast Sucker, is

the final LP in a trilogy commemorating eightyears of George W Bush's presidency. It is to be

thea last album, as they plan to go out as Bush

leaves ofEce.

The aptly named CULaTouR (roughly

kanslated as "butt on tour") will serve as sum-

mation of a legacy seared in filth. Ministry's

decadent lifestyle and drug-induced a.lbum re-

cordings are notorious. And though frontman

AlJourgensen states that he is clean nor,t', it r.t'ill

be interesting to see hou,, or if, this will affect

their final hit of road adrenaline.

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From left: Chris#2, Justin 5ane,Pat Thetic andChris Head arepro-Mohawkand Anti-Flag.0n April 13,the Pittsburghquartetfinds itsway to Denve/sFillmorcAudi-torium, wherethey will spreadtheir anti-es-tablishmentsemiments.

saturday 4;12GiganTourfeaturingMegadeth d In Flames,Childrcn of Bodom, Job fora (owboy and High 0n Fire6 p.m.@ lhe Fillmore Auditorium539,16+Ministryw/Meshuggahand Hemlock8 p.m.@The Ogden Theatre542,16+(5EE RIGHT)sunday 4.13Anti-Flag, Street Dogs

Pittsburgh's own Anti-Flag displays ail

the glamour of an MIV music vidm matched

with left-wing sheet credibiliE: proving that

sometimes it really does pay to be punk.

Taking their activism on the road,

Anti-Flag is poised to win hearts and open

minds and wallets as they support their lat-

est release, The tsright Lillhts of Anrerirz. For

nearl5i 20 years, these boys from Penns5,1-

vania have managed to amalgamate stan-

dardized punk r,r'ith art-school fashion, and

$,ithout gening anyone killed,

Using kitschy stage namc likeJu$in Sane

Pat Thetc, Chris Head and the errcr-endearing

Chris #2, one thing is certain: Propaganda

can come with a sense of humor. SWbsticalh

Anti-Flag is an insfunentally talented noise

machine n'ith a l-wical love of all things anar-

chic. It is not a prerequisite for listeners to hate

the current administration, but it mav male

hearing this music a little easier.

Erpect lt{ohall'ks to be at their pointi

est and prepare for fists to be firmly hoisted

into the air. And if the maximum rock 'n'

roll doesn't get your iuices florving. just

make a game of counting all of the deco-

rative silver studs a{fi-red to the plethora of

leather jackets and belts that are sure to be

adorning Anti-Flag's legions of rabid. anti-

establishment fans.

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Human culture destroys us allThe air is crisp and cool this

night. Saturday night. The vaporfrom my lungs rises and fades out infront of me like smoke from the hash-ish pipe, and rrltrilst i walk toward thetrain station, I alnoot feel as thougha clrug of some kind has managed toovercome my sens,es,

I am sione sober. There is no de-nying it. As I approach the OdordStati.on, a number of thoughts racein circtes just beside the edges of mymind. None of them settling in to be[1911nghV scrutinDed, of murse, butflutterhg about, toying with conception and tugging at my perception. Iwakh the world float by.

Shaight away, hidden sensorsshed their light on every yard I pass,indicating households troubled byan alarming degree of paanoia andsuspicion of the common man. I con-tinue on to&€rd the Eain. It will ar-rive soon, and I do not want to be leftout in the cold.

lower downtown is my destina-tion. A bar called The Tavern wherea number of my friends are drowningthemselves in the company of deadstrangers and alcohol. I am not opti-mistic, but I made a promise to show

The D-Line arrives presently, tustas I leap toward the pladorm fromthe rails of the hack, proving onceagain that my balance and concen-tration are still as impeccable as ever.The doors slide open and the ever-

familiar female voice comes oler theloudspeaker requesting that peoplenot stand in the w'ay of open doors. Iwander toward an empty seat, takingnone but a fleeting notice of the oth-ers already inside,

The fluorescence ftom withinthe train disables any opportunity6f p2f6hing the world go by as thewhole act slides down the tracks to-ward each consecutive stop Theseare two dillerent worlds, the nightopposed to the inside of the kain car.Thugs and pranksters lumber aboardat each station, always eyeing oneanother and everyone else. Nobodyspeaks, nobody moves.

After an indiscernibly long hazeof ennui, the common result of selladmission into the world of LightRail, an announcement of somethinglike, 'This is the l8th and Californiastation," comes over the loudspeak-ers. I stand up and b€gin walking to-ward the sliding doors just before thetrain comes to a halt, again provingmy balance to nobody but myself.

The sheets are full of the strang-est strangers you have ever seen. Allmanner of weird and undesirablepeople roam this patrh of earth.Stick-up kirls laze on the corner, eye-ing the possessions of each passerbyfrom deep within the shadows of theconcrete jungle. Refused and bot-tomed-out musicians sing songs inhopes of capturing even the slightest

JIMMIE BRATHYjbraley@mscd.edu

bit of attention. The bourgeois marchby here and there, scurrying fromplace to place all bundled up in fac-simile of one another. All of them thesame, all irreversibly different.

I have always found life to bemore tolerable away from tle hustleand bustle away from the center ofpopulation. Give me a dive and a tallglass of rum at a dingy bar stool nextto a biker and a beggar, and I will nev-er mmplain.

This night is different, an ex-perience. But I am not in the mood.I made the promise, I said that Iwould come, but I can hardly standto breathe since that hain broughtme into the very heart.of this diseasecalled human culture.

And it is a disease that ravages thevery being of our nature, It destroysour identity and replaces it with

preposterous qu€stions of accept-ability. I suspect that no person whodoesn't already have urgent businessdowntown actually goes there for anyother r€ason than to get stupid and,hopefully, to get laid.

The scene at The Thvern proved

my theory Hundreds upon hundredsof people all piss drunk and in anuproar, drawing one another in byslender admissions of their mutualimpulses.

But this lonesome world rare$ of-ferc anything but its loneliness.

Nobody downtown will knowyour name, nor will they care to learnit. Not a single person will rememberyou, nor do they have any reason to.You will be judged by your conditionas a consumer, and by how well youflaunt your wares. Everywhere yougo there will be on display any num-ber of things w*rich you do not yet

own, things which you must buy ifyou wish to keep up. The buildingswill touer over you on their way to-ward infiniry People will be rottingand dying in gutters just out of sight,the scrap of the indushialized world.

Daniel Quinn called it "MotherCulture." Civilization: the constantneed to deshoy and wage war againstourselves and everything else. Thereis no hiding from it. We can only ex-p€rience it. then sit back down on thetrain and go home. "I'm caught in thegrip of the city . . . madness."

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IN RES'F0I{SE u tetters ts the editor

Gutsy columns, Accurate articles and other praiseRe: "An ldentity Missing in Action" by Kristi Denke

Kristi.I just had to comment on your gutsy column this week. Your struggle to

come to terms with your father's losses was a poignant counterpoint to a verythought-provoking issue, How haunting to have the Vietnam War sound itstragic backnot€s to our current tragic war.

Thank you for your courage in revealing your life. The Metropolitan is a

breath of fresh air in a cynical and increasingly shallow medium.Iaura Grolla, Metrosphere Editor

Re: Vol.3O, No.25 "The War, The lnpact"

Dear David,The coiver was arresting, spare and tastefrrl, for what proved to be a

thought-provoking issue. I'll admit to being as eager to switch channels asthe rest of America, but J. Isaac Small's article showed me that we are all per-

sonally touched by this war, whether protester or protector. Kristi Denke letus glimpse the ravages of Vietrnam, a u'ar long categorized as a disgrace - a

perfect counterpoint to our current military debacle.But my gr€atest kudos go to jimmie Braley whose well-consFucted rant

leaves no one unscathed: We are all a part of this war. Even denial is a politicalposition. Thank you for covering this tinely topic with grace and iust a dashof anger.

Laura Grolla, Metrosphere Fditor

Re:"Computer System Takes a Vacation" by AndrewFlohnSpence

Andrew -

Iust a quick thanks for the article you wrote this week for the Metropolitan

about the computer hard drive problem r+'e had.last weekend. Your account

of the event was right on the money I was also impressed with the qualiry of

the questions you asked me on the phone. You made sure you got an accurate

account of what happened and not some glossed-over response.

If I or my staff can ever be of service to you or the rest of The Metropolitan

reporting staff, please do not hesitate to call me,

Carl R. Powell, Vice President, Information Technology

Met's cartoonist has future in espionageRe: "End of Days" comic in general

In reference to your "End of Days" comics, didn't anyone give you the memo? Bashing the leader in command, a.k.a. YOUR president, is out! But drawing

cartoons that look like they've been drawn by 3-year-olds and writing story lines with a lack of patriotic spirit, that sound like they've been plagiarized by Paris

Hiltou while running to Canada ... is inl It sounds lile you ladies have a bright future ahead of you, especially in the espionage itrdustryl Good luck!

Moses Lucero

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Tennis poised to strikeMetro opens RMAC play,young talent, veteransset to win in conferenceByZACTAYIORztaylor2@mscd-edu

The Meho tennis teams have be-gun to tackle thet conference sched-ules. Both the men and women arepoised to move beyond their incon-sistencies early in the season and be-come major competitors in the RockyMountain Athletic Conference.

The women's team, led by seniorAlecia Jenkirrs, has posted a 3-7 re-cord after a slow start, although Met-ro head coach Dave Alden is quick topoint out all of the close losses thisseason.

"We're right on the cusp of put-ting together some good matches,"Alden said. "We're losing 5-4 and 6-3to good tearns. "

Alden believes the women willstart winning more games after fi-nally notching a win against a tougtrBethany squad April 6. Coupled withclose losses over the weekend to Kear-ney and Montana State-Billings, theyoung team has gained the experi-ence needed to be competitive downthe line.

Jenkins has provided a lot of herown knowledge that has led to theteam's improvement. After two yearsat Collin County Communiry College,one of the top junior colleges in Texas,

Jenkins has been able to provide helpto the freshmen tennis players thathalne been thrown into the collegiatelevel right out of high school.

'lAnything I can pass on to themI want to," fenkins said. "I hope I'mleaving a lot with them. "

Her leadership role on and oII thecourt has been a big reason the teamhas come close to winning so manymatches. A]den believes that fenkins'intangibles and skill on the court willpush the struegling squad over thehump.

"The womrcn are riding a wave ofgiood match play," Alden said. 1lfterthis weekend they know tlat theycan do it,"

The head coach has no less con-fidence in the Meho men's squad.Despite some shaky outings in 2008,they are in a great position to repeatas rut tC chanpions. they have thetalent thanks to four higbly shlledftesh-men who have provided addeddepth to an already talented tea.rr,

Tbree of the four newcomershave been immediate additions to the

Metro tennis player Mitra Hind retums a volley in herApdl 6 match aginst Eethany Colleget Midelle Hinrnn. Hindwon both seB 6'3 totake the match.Ihe Roadrunnen deftated Bethany 63 to go l-2 overthe weeken4 and 3-7 overall.

Beyond their playing abilities atdoubles and singles, the stars ha!'ehelped the freshman break in Do thecollegiate lerel.

"They get me in to the collegegame," Faustino said.

With a good blend of new talentand experience, the Metro men's ten-nis t€am can onc€ again contBnd forthe RMAC title.

"W€'ve got a good foundationright now," Alden said.

The Mefro head coach is iustwaiting for his men s and women'st€ams to take it to the next level.

"We showeil that we can playwith some of the top t€ams in theregion," Alden said. "We just have toget over the hump.'

Saturday4.l2IENNIS9 a.m. vs.Westsn llll in Pueblo2:30 pm. at(olondo State-PudloBASEBAITlhon & 3 pm. vs Sdtod of MinesatAunia FieldSOTTBAUI &3pm.atFortLrwis

Sunday 4.13SOFIBALTll a.m. & 1 p.m. vr Mesa State inDunngoTEt'lNlS11 a.m. vs. Mesa State at Aurada(oursBASEBAtI.Noon vs. Sdrool of Mines atAuraia Feld

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SlTWllfrIln"l've alway.s been theshortest playeron anyteam l've been on.Ihey donttttink youcan hitfarorhard soit3 a nice

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starting squad, and two have quickly

become frerce competitors on thecourt.

Angelo Faustino from ColumbineHigh School and Brandon Lupo fromBroomfield High have taken over thenumbers two and three spots in theIineup and have held their own inslngles play.

"With the freshnen, rc're motethan competitive at all the singlesspots,' Alden said.

The only problem with the influxof fresbmen is the lack of doublessftength. In high school the top ten-nis players will generally play onlysingles matches, so the college fresh-men have very little experience atdoubles play.

This crop of newcomers at Metrois no different, despit€ their singlestalent. Since the begirining of the fallseason, doubles play has improved,but the men are still inconsistent,which has led the Roadrunners to an8-6 record on the season.

"lf we can get doubles. we willhale really good results, " Alden said.

Any success that Metro has indoubles stems ftom Metro's upper-classmen leadership, led by seniorRiley Meyer and junior Sascha Ruck-elshausen.

'Riley and Sacha have lost onlya few matches as the No. I Metrodoubles team," Alden said. "(Playingother No, ls) you don't have as muchmom for error."

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Metro rocketswayto new heightsRoadrunner baseballhits 30 wins for 8th timewith 19 games remainingByERIC IIINSINGlansingemscd.edu

Meho's baseball te"m hit the 3O-win plateau April tl6 when they tooktbree of four games against a reju-venated Nebraska-Kearney team inNebraska.

The 30 victories marked onlythe eighth frme in the school's 29-year history a team hlrs reached thatmark. The last time the Roadrunnersreached that total was during the2OO2 season when head coach VincePorreco fed the team to a 34-22 re-

"It's great, but to be honest withyou, we just gotta take the same ag>proach we always do" Metro headcoach Bobby Pierce said humblyabout the mark. "When you look up,and we're right in the hunt of break-ing the all-time school rtcord, it'sex-citing."

Metro baseball has posted 34wins.in a season tlree times, andwith 19 games left on the schedule,Pierce's team looks to crush thatnumber fair$ easily.

"lhis team Just has good chem-isFy," It{eho catch€r Reece Gormansaid. "I how we're going to alo $eatthe rest of the year."

Coming lnto the series, the 'Run-

ners brew that those wins woulth'tcone easi$ against the Iopers whohad been ptaying better baseball oflate winntng thdr.last nine of 12

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Kearney scored five runs in the But lvlebo rebounded quick$ on header, pitching took the limeliSht

feurth inning to send Mebo pitrher the second dan outscoring the lopers as Meho pitcher Joel Iockhart (6-l)

Ste\ren Cr€en (S-1) to his first loss 25-9 in the Saturday double header. went the full seven innings, fannlng

of the season. Grcen, who carries Game one saw Metro's bat come alile tbree batters in the 7-3 win. Lock-

an usualfu high earned run average to pound out 16 hib and three hone hart ou@itched Rocky Mountain

(7.99) for a guy with eight wins and runs in an 186 win. Athletic Conference's Prcseason

gam€s. zerc losses, didn't gpt the usual run ltfeho pitcher Armando Casas (C Pitcher of the Year Ryan Wrobel (1-

In fact 30 wins looked as if it support and failodin bis att€mpttotie O) stayedperfectonthe season, gMmg 6) who continued his disnal season

might have to come the following the Metro school record of nine wins up five earned runs and striking out giving up seven earned runs and is-

weekend as the lopers took game one in a season. The 8-3 toss ended their three topers. zuing ffve walks.

WIn No: 3O carne in dramaticfashion as it took estm inntngs topull out the victory. After Metro al-lowed Kearney to tie the gane at 12in the bottom of the ninth inning,

the 'Runners got a 2-run single fromStoulfer.

'Ite last couple of weelcs t're giot-

ten to starl" Stouffer said. "It's beena lot of frrn to contribu$1, and I have

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Softball sweeps series from Springs, 0n top 0f RMACByI(A|TEPERRAROkferraroomscd.edu

Between phenomenal pitching

and a shong offense, Mefro soft-ball was able to sweep UC4oloradoSprlngs April 5-6 in a four-game se-des at Auraria Field"

'We played realb good defense,hit the ball well, and all tbree pitch-

ers really stepped it up," Meho headcoach fennifer Fisher said.

Metro pitcher tibby Baloehpitched a complete game allowingoDly five hits to open t|rs series egainst

the Mountain Lions.Mehro's olTense got ofr to a good

star& scoring two runs in the first in-ning. But the Mountain Lions maredback right alvay in the n€xt inning

with two runs of their ovvn.

The scone remained tied until thebottom of the fourth inning when theRoailrunners rored fir,e runs on fivehits. kft fielder CariThompson began

fi6 inning with a single to center field.One vv"alk and a single to rigbt ffeldlater had Thompson already steppingover home plate,

A double to left center from short-stop Amber Roundtree and a thrce-run home run from second basemanSarah Rusch ppshed Meh,o's lead to8-2, The Roaikunners added anoth-er run in the sixth to make the ffnalscore 9-2.

Right fielder Ashley fohnsonstarted the second game of the daywith a two-run shot !o center ffeldin the ftst inning assisting her teamto a 2-l lead. The score went backand forth throughout thc garne untilthe fifth inning when Jobnson andthompson belted back-to-back honeruns to left field, guiding their team toa 6-4 victory.

Pitcher fessica Fisher also pitched

a complete game for the 'Runners

improving heir record to 7-7 on theseason.

"Our pitchers did amazing.They really stepped it up this week-end," Metro third baseman fennessaTesone said. 'We always have ourpitchers' backs. I'm really proud ofthem."

The Roadrunners' bats keptthings going ln the ffrst game of Sun-day's doubleheaden Rusch inidat€dthe first play, ia 16s first inning. withan infeld single and later scored on atwo-run blast oy-Tesone.

"They're our biggest rivals be-cause a lot of us played against tlemduring sum.mer and high school,"Tesone said. 't played with LibbyWhite in high school, and I just wantto come back at her."

After falling behind early, theMountain Lions answered backquickly in the first inning by tying the

score at two.In the bottom of tbe second,

Metro loaded the bases on tbree con-secutive walks setting up fotmson,

who hit a double to left freld, scor-ing all three runners. Catcher NicoleLyles followed with a single, scoring

fohnson, giving the 'Runners a 6-2lead.

Although White started the gam€

for UCCS, she was reliered in the sec-q1d inning after giving up a total ofsir earned runs and wdlhng sev€trbatters.-

Meho continued to produce twomorc ruJrs, winning the game 8-5.

Balogh Pitched four innings 661a-ing the victory, while Fisher recordedthe save Fish€r pitched tbree scorGlessinnings and only alknrred thr€e hib.

"I'm really proud of the otherpitchers," pitcher Casey Thomlxonsaid. 'We just worked so hard thisweek.T

The final game of the series was a

dillerent story The battle was mostlybetween Casey Thompson and UCCSpitcher Stacy Ortiz who u/€nt pitch-

for-pitch and kept the game scoreless

until the bottom of the fifth inning,

Crcnter fielder Danni Hedstrom lede{f 1}g inning with a double to rightcenter field, and advanced to tbird

. on a passed ball. Designated hitterCaitlin |enks brought her home on agroundout to s€cond base, giving the'Runners a 1{ lead.

with trflo outs and tu,o runftrson base in the top of the ffnal in-nlng, UCCS's left fielder Sierra Greengrouniled to ffrst paseman JessicaIlaab. Green came flylng down thefirst base line and Haab dove towardthe bag.

It was a clce play and the um-pire called Green safe Coach FishercdDV w-dlked out of the dugout totalk to the umph 0o ask for help onthe last call.

The call was rpversed, ending thegame giving Metro tbr l-O victoryUCCS head coach Scott Peterson was

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Freshman phenomfi nds focusMetro's starting shortstopRoundtree has big heartfor the game, teammatesBy ERIC LANSINGIansingomscd.edu

It{etro softball shortstop AmberRoundtree stares down Nerrr' \lexicoHighlands pitcher Karlee Trione likeshe has the right-hander all figuredout. Roundtree knows Trione r4-on'ttoss one dorvn the pipe because Tri-one knows the freshman will quicklyturn 0n the pitch and send it to theleft centcrlield fence.

Roundtree takes bali four audmakes her rval'torvard frst basen'ith a little srnirk on her face. Thelreshman shortstop knorl's it is goingto be a long day for Trione and therest of the Cowgirls' pitching staff.Roundtree goes 3-for-4 on the day,scoring four runs and driving homefour RBI in the l3-12 wh.

"It's fun but nerve-racking at thesame time," Roundtree said on play-ing the leadoff role for Metro's solt-ball team and getting into the headof opposing pitchers. "You're the fustp€rson to start the momentum forthe team. It's nerve-racking becausewhen you're out there playing de-fense, you want Jo get that lead out,so it's actually putting tle pressureon the other team when you're thelead-off batter. "

Roundtree came to Metro thisseason as a bright-eyed rookie tryingto leave her mark on a nerv softballprogram. But Roundtree is not yourrun-of-the-mill freshman.

The utility player out of Faith

'5het a grEaldl-around player.

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find time to cram a social Me in be-tween. When most college studentsare pulling all-nighters or partying

downtown, Roundtree is working al,Ionday-Friday job to help finance a

traveling summer league."I work at FedEx Ground. and I

r,r'ork 10:30 at night to about 2:30-3:O0 in the morning," Roundtree

said without a sigh or hint of imply-ing her life is inconvenienced by this.''It's the only time I can rvith softballand school."

The league trar,els around thecountry playing the game of softball.Roundhee's dedication to keep thi,s

league going 1'ear after vear spealisvolumes on her lor.e for the garne, but

evenstill. her intentions for the leagueare focused on her lellow teammates."We hare I'ounger gir.ls on our team,so it's a way for them to get looked at

by scouts. kind of like lre did a fen'

5,'ears ago, " Roundtree said.Il Rourdtree's giving natue

nasn't enough, she also wants toprusue a firefighting career aftergraduation. Her 5-foot-2-inch fi:ame

may not present the typicd build

a lirefighter is known to have. butRoundfee doesn't allow her size toalfect her play on the diamond, soit shouldn't be a surprise if she suc-ceeds in that field as well.

'1{ll my softball coaches har.e

been firefighters," Roundtree said."I u'alna be able to have the oppor-tunity to save someone's life or be in

that situation where I can give theman opportunity at another life. Be-

ing in that atmosphere is a physical

workout, it's intense, it's pressure.

and that's what sports gives me all

the time."

As a freshman. Roundtree hasplenty of time to develop as a player

on the field. But as a person, she is al-ready a seasoned veteran.

Roundheds topperfomancesthis

season

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METRO HEAD COAIHCbristian High School in lakewoodhas an amazing lmowledge of thegame that stems from the time whenshe was swinging a tiny bat at a veryyoung age,

"My dad was the one who coachedme from the tfune I was six all the way'till I was 14, He's the one who got meinto it," Roundtree said.

She has contributed in alnostevery category for tle Roaclrulnersbatting nearly ,300, scoring 28 rtrns,driving home 2l RBI while addingtwo triples and three home runs.

"She's a great all-around player, "

Meho softball head coach JenniferFisher said on her starting shortstop,"She swings a good stick, a tough outat the plate, she can rlraw walks, shecan lay down a bunt, she can hit itover the fence. She's a great leadofffor us because she makes the pitchersestablish the shike zone."

Roundtree understands the im-portance of playing mulitiple spotsin the fleld because having started atshortstop and centerffeld already thisseason has given the rookie a chanceto shine.

"My dad and Danni (Hedshom)haw taught me how to play difierentpositions," Roundhee said. "Whenyou're on a college team and you playonly one position, you might not beable to play at all."

Roundh€e's versatility has al-lowed her to start in all 3 5 ganes this

season. Teammates admire her workethic, but also enjoy the fun-lovingpersonality that radiates liom hergleaming smile.

"She's awsome," Metro outfiel&er Danni Hedstrom said about her

fiend. "I'!'e played summer ball withher for three years, and she's out-standing. She's a player of the game,and she loves to learn. She's the nicestpenion anyone can meet. She's niceto everyone."

Nice can mean different thingsto dilTerent people, but nice falls veryshort on how Roundhee should belabeled based on her works outside ofsoftball.

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BASEBALI D Metro readies bats vs. Minesbeen having a good time hitting andplayrng."

The l,opers came c]ose to tyingthe game after a sacrifice fly closedthe gap at 14-13, but Metro pitcher

Josh Frkert shuck out T$er Keebleswineing for the ffnal out.

"Once we scored the two runswith the way Frkert has been playing

this year, I knew the game was over "Pierce said,

The 'Runners' record improvesto 30-6 overall with a 22-2 recordin the conference. On deck for Menois a four-game set with the ColoradoSchool of Mines at homC at AuradaField.

The Orediggers will come into theseries against Metro with the highestearned run average in the confer-ence at nearly l0 runs. Metro has noproblems scoring runs with the sec-ond most runs in the RMAC.

Meho catcher Reece Gorman,who leads the conference in runsscored (59), says his team will havetheir bats ready, but won't take themligbtly likd they did on March 12when Mines upset the 'Runners 17-13 in Golden.

"You look at their ERA and really,they're just numbers," Gorman said."We can put up 20 runs and still lose,so anghing can happen in this con-ference. "

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8. Colondo Christian 3-21 - .125.* dMsion leader

SOFTBAII.1. l|etol7-9 -.654*2. Mesa State 18-10 - .6433. Adams State 15-9 - .6254. School of Mines 13-9 - .5915. Regis 15-11 - .5776. Fort lewis 13-1'l-l -.540T.Westem N.M.13-15-.M8. CSU-Pueblo 12-14 - .4629.U((S11-13 -.45S

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SOFTBAIL > Roadrunnerswin controversial call, gamefurious at the change and screamedat the umpires saying it was the sec-ond week in a row they have madebad cails.

"['m sorry the game had to endcontroversial like that," Coach Fishersaid. "We're hying to fight for ourkids, and I thought Haab made agood play"

Meho won the game 1-0. Thomp-son pitched a complete game, sEikingout five Mountain Lions and only aI-lowing three hits. The two pitchersallowed only seven hits between eachother.

"I was so excited my knees wereshaking the whole time," Thompsonsaid. "It was pure adrenaline, and alot of fun."

Tesone finished the weekend 6-. for-14 with two RBI and one homerun,

"She's a competitor doing herjob at third," Coach Fisher said onTesone's performance. "She's a toughout every time she st€ps in."

Metro Stat€ currently leads theRMAC Bast Divtsion with a 17-9conference record and 2I-14 wetall. The 'Runners travel to Durangoto face Fort Iewis College and MesaState College April 12-13.

"We just have to keep doing what

we're doing," Thompson sald. "We're

starting to peak a little bit, which isgood. We want to stay at that peak,and not get plateaued. "

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